Massacre of the Innocents [recto]

Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia

Associated Names
Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia

Artist, Parmese, 1544 - 1573/1574

This is a drawing featuring figures and architecture. The artwork depicts a crowded scene with numerous figures interacting amidst an architectural setting dominated by large columns. The drawing uses heavy shading and detailed linework to give the impression of depth and complexity, with figures in various poses suggestive of movement. The background features architectural elements like columns and arches which emphasize the grandeur of the scene. The drawing style has a classical and Renaissance influence, focusing on the human form and architectural detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash on blue-green paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.1 x 18 cm (7 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.67.7.a

Associated Artworks

Studies of Heads and Male Nudes [verso]

Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia

1544

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Dupan (Lugt 1440)(his sale, Bonnefans de la Vialle, Paris, 26-28 March 1840, no. 455 (as Tintoretto); M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix en Provence; given by him to M. Charles-Joseph-Barthélemi Giraud (1802-1880), Aix en Provence and Paris; ceded by him to the banker Flury-Hérard, Paris, in payment for debts outstanding (Lugt 1015; inv. no. 55). Private collection (sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1966, no. 32; purchased by Claas); (Lucien Goldschmidt, New York); NGA purchase in 1971.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA RA 1974, p. 201.

1984

  • Correggio and His Legacy, Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984, no. 71 (Diane De Grazia).

  • Correggio e il suo lascito, disegni del cinquecento emiliano, Parma, Palazzo della Pilotta, 1984, no. 71 (Italian version of the Washington exhibition).

Bibliography

1991

  • De Grazia, Diane. Bertoia, Mirola and the Farnese Court. Bologna, 1991: no. D91, figs. 54 (recto), 55 (verso).

Inscriptions

lower center: Parmigianino; lower left stamped: F.H. N.o 55 (Flury-Hérard mark and inv. no.)

Wikidata ID

Q64580087

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