Parmigianino / The Nativity / c. 1527/30?

Parmigianino
The Nativity
c. 1527/30?
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Creator Name: Parmigianino
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1503 - 1540
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Parmigianino
Title: The Nativity
Title Type: alternate
Title: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1527
Creation End Date: 1530
Creation Date: c. 1527/30?
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8.6cm x 7.5cm, Secondary Support: 14.9cm x 13.4cm
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] )
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1924.1003
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
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]
AMICA ID: CMA_.1924.1003
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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