A Partially Skinned Rat
late 16th or early 17th century

Artwork overview
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Medium
two shades of red chalk with traces of black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 15.5 x 22.4 cm (6 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
mount: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2009.70.26
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer [1758-1834], Althorp (Lugt 1531)(his sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 14 June 1811, lot 530, as Parmigianino: "A camelion [sic]--red chalk, stumped--virgorously executed). Robert Clermont Witt [1872-1952], London (Lugt 2228b). P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London (inv. no. A5435 on verso of mount); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2010-2011, brochure no. 26 (shown only in Washington).
2012
The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 34-35, no. 6 (entry by Andaleeb Banta).
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left in graphite: 21; by later hand, lower right in graphite: M. (erased); by later hand on mount, lower right in pen and black ink: An Animal by Parmegiano; by later hand on mount, lower right in graphite: 71; by later hand on mount, lower left in graphite: Colnaghi (faded); by unknown hand on mount, upper center verso in pen and brown ink: [TT?]; by unknown hand on mount, center verso in graphite: 4 / Parmeggiano; by unknown hand on mount, lower center in pencil: A5435
Wikidata ID
Q64578978