Three Feminine Heads, c. 1522/1524

Not on View

Medium

red chalk on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 10.1 x 15.7 cm (4 x 6 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.1.1

Artists / Makers

Parmigianino (artist) Parmese, 1503 - 1540

Image Use

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Inscription

in R.P. Roupell's handwriting, upper left verso in ink: RPR (Lugt 2234); on mount in Roupell's handwriting, center in ink: R P R / Correggio / From the Aldobrandini and W.Y. Ottley Collections

Provenance

Aldobrandini collection and W. Y Ottley (according to Roupell's inscription on the old mount); R. P. Roupell (Lugt 2234)(sale, Christie's, London, 12-14 July 1887, no. 764); Thomas Drummond, Washington; NGA purchase in 1989.

Associated Names

Drummond, Thomas, Dr.

Exhibition History

1984: Correggio and His Legacy, Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984, no. 41 (Diane De Grazia).

Bibliography

1991: Gingold, Diane J., and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 42-43, color repro.