Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1924.1003
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
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 Date: 
c. 1527/30?
Creation Start Date: 
1527
Creation End Date: 
1530
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
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1924.1003
Credit Line: 
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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] )
Rights: 
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]
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1924.1003.tif