After FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, called PARMIGIANINO Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's forge.
After FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, called PARMIGIANINO
(Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's forge.
Pen and brown ink.
Inscribed lower right in brown ink: Parmigianino.
21.4 × 18.1 cm.
Provenance:
- Nicholas Lanière collection (1588–1666), London (L. 2885).
- Sir William Schwenck Gilbert collection (1836–1911), London.
- Miss McIntosh collection.
- Auction Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1947, lot 12.
- With Colnaghi, London.
- Carl Robert Rudolf collection (b. 1884), London (L. 2811b).
- Japanese private collection.
Exhibited:
Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 10.
Literature:
- Arthur Ewart Popham: The Drawings of Parmigianino, Oxford 1971, p. 242, no. 54, pl. 365.
- Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 24, no. 10 (with ill.).
The present sheet reproduces a composition by Parmigianino in which Vulcan appears at work in his forge in the foreground, while Venus and Cupid are shown in the background. Arthur Ewart Popham published the drawing in 1971 and, owing to its excellent quality and early provenance, regarded it as a copy probably made in the 16th century after an important presentation drawing by Parmigianino, now untraced, which was formerly in the collection of Lord Arundel.
The importance of the composition is reflected in its early dissemination. As early as 1543, Enea Vico adopted the figure of Vulcan, with minor changes, in an engraving after Parmigianino (Bartsch XV, p. 294, no. 27). The composition is also known in further copies, including sheets in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (inv. no. 6581) and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main (inv. no. 4264 Z).
After FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, called PARMIGIANINO
(Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's forge.
Pen and brown ink.
Inscribed lower right in brown ink: Parmigianino.
21.4 × 18.1 cm.
Provenance:
- Nicholas Lanière collection (1588–1666), London (L. 2885).
- Sir William Schwenck Gilbert collection (1836–1911), London.
- Miss McIntosh collection.
- Auction Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1947, lot 12.
- With Colnaghi, London.
- Carl Robert Rudolf collection (b. 1884), London (L. 2811b).
- Japanese private collection.
Exhibited:
Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 10.
Literature:
- Arthur Ewart Popham: The Drawings of Parmigianino, Oxford 1971, p. 242, no. 54, pl. 365.
- Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 24, no. 10 (with ill.).
The present sheet reproduces a composition by Parmigianino in which Vulcan appears at work in his forge in the foreground, while Venus and Cupid are shown in the background. Arthur Ewart Popham published the drawing in 1971 and, owing to its excellent quality and early provenance, regarded it as a copy probably made in the 16th century after an important presentation drawing by Parmigianino, now untraced, which was formerly in the collection of Lord Arundel.
The importance of the composition is reflected in its early dissemination. As early as 1543, Enea Vico adopted the figure of Vulcan, with minor changes, in an engraving after Parmigianino (Bartsch XV, p. 294, no. 27). The composition is also known in further copies, including sheets in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (inv. no. 6581) and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main (inv. no. 4264 Z).
