Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection

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Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino

A dog wearing a collar decorated with scallop shells

Auction Closed

January 27, 08:24 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino

Parma 1503 - 1540 Casalmaggiore

A dog wearing a collar decorated with scallop shells


Pen and brown ink;

bears inscription and numbering in brown ink, verso: A Carallio / 4.1

4 by 7 7/8 in.; 102 by 200 mm.

Probably W. Gibson, with his attribution 'A. Cavallio' and the price code '4.1';
With Spencer A. Samuels & Co. Ltd., New York, by 1991;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1999, lot 18;
With Tim D. Wright Master Drawings, Los Angeles, by 1999;
From whom acquired
D. Ekserdjian, "Unpublished Drawings by Parmigianino. Towards a Supplement to Popham's catalogue raisonné", in Apollo, August 1999, p. 11, no. 14, reproduced, p. 10, fig. 19;
M. Di Giampaolo, "Un nuovo San Girolamo del Parmigianino", in Prospettiva, nos. 95-96, 1999, p. 172, note 1, (as not by Parmigianino);
M.C. Chiusa, Parmigianino, Milan 2001, p. 53;
A. Gnann, Parmigianino: Die Zeichenungen, Petersberg, Germany 2007, vol. I, p. 372, no. 141 and p. 72, reproduced, vol. II, p. 155.