Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head

in or after 1531

Parmigianino

Artist, Parmese, 1503 - 1540

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.1 x 8.2 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.60.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Peter Lely [1618-1680] (Lugt 2092); Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (Lugt 2184); Thomas Hudson (Lugt 2432); Sir Joshua Reynolds [1723-1792] (Lugt 2364); A. R. Oppe; Adolphe Stein; purchased by NGA, 1972.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1971

  • Popham, A.E. Catalogue of the drawings of Parmigianino. 3 vols. New Haven and London, 1971: O.R. 90.

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:200.

Inscriptions

J. Richardson, Sr. lower center on mount: Parmigiano; upper left verso collector's marks identified; upper center verso in brown ink: A34 / B29 / A.A.g. / B.; lower right verso in graphite: Given to me by A.P. Oppe

Markings

, Reynolds (L.2364)

Wikidata ID

Q64618806

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