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Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 25 x 16.7 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)(trimmed c.5-7 mm outside the oval borderline)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.146.10, iii/iii
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in purple ink, an unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt); verso, lower center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Mary Jane Morgan, New York (d. before 1886)(Lugt 1879); verso, bottom right-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom, in pen and brown ink, "Francisco Parmisan"
ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (mark not in Lugt); Mary Jane Morgan, New York (d. before 1886)(Lugt 1879); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897