The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph

Parmigianinoc. 1527/30?

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Title: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
Creator: Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
Date Created: c. 1527/30?
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Peter Lely, London (Lugt 2092, lower right, in black ink). Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London (Lugt 2184, lower left, in black ink; Lugt 2983-2984, verso of secondary support, upper center, in brown ink (or possibly John Barnard mount and inscription?): [illegible]. 45. / [Q?]. 36. / [T?]. 55. / AA. 42. / A.). [FitzRoy Carrington]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.1003
Medium: pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized)
Inscriptions: RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: 19 ; lower center, in brown ink: Parmeggiano. ; lower right, in graphite: 15 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: A 3541 ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), across top, in graphite: Collns. Peter Lely (1618-1680) Lugt 2092 / J. Richardson Sr. (1665-1740) Lugt 2169. ; lower left, in graphite: Parmeggiano: The Nativity. ; across bottom, in graphite: (& Dream of joseph .. An[q?]u Waru[?]q / [lo?] [flu?] in [6?] [illegible] )
Department: Drawings
Culture: Italy, 16th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: DR - Italian
Accession Number: 1924.1003

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