Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve
Follower of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino
The Adoration of the Shepherds
No reserve
Lot Closed
January 26, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve
Follower of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk
106 by 74 mm; 4¼ by 3 in.
(2)
Dr. Alfred Stix, Vienna (L.2317a);
Amedeo de Filippi, North Hollywood,
his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 22 July 1965, lot 16 (as Francesco Parmigianino);
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
The present work is one of at least three drawings discussed by Popham in relation to Parmigianino's etching of the same subject, to which all three similarly correspond. The other two drawings are in the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart and at Chatsworth. Popham describes our drawing as appearing "to be a copy, probably from the Chatsworth drawing".
Sold together with:
Arthur Pond, after Parmigianino
A group of five three-quarter length figures
Etching with woodcut;
signed with the artist's initials and dated: AP. / 1734. and inscribed: Fran. Parms. inv. / E Museo Dñi. Jonathanis Richardson.
142 by 102 mm; 5⅝ by 4 in