Correggio and Parmigianino: Master Draftsmen of the Renaissance

A Man Riding a Bull and Other Figures

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A Man Riding a Bull and Other Figures, ca. 1518
Correggio (Italian, ca. 1489–1534)
Black chalk and pale brown wash; 8 5/8 x 6 15/16 in. (21.8 x 17.7 cm)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The Annunciation

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The Annunciation, ca. 1522–25
Correggio (Italian, ca. 1489–1534)
Pen and black ink, gray wash, extensive white heightening, squared in red chalk, on pink-washed paper; 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (9.5 x 17.2 cm)
Hewitt Fund, 1917 (19.76.9)

Allegory of Vice

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Allegory of Vice, ca. 1530–31
Correggio (Italian, ca. 1489–1534)
Red chalk; 10 13/16 x 7 5/8 in. (27.4 x 19.4 cm)
British Museum, London

The Nativity with the Virgin in Glory and Saint Anthony of Padua

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The Nativity with the Virgin in Glory and Saint Anthony of Padua, ca. 1525–26
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Pen and brown ink, gray-brown wash, white heightening, the outlines pricked on blue paper; 15 3/16 x 12 5/8 in. (38.5 x 32 cm)
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Mercury

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Mercury, ca. 1524–26
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Black chalk; 12 x 8 1/8 in. (30.5 x 20.6 cm)
Florence B. Seldon Bequest, Jessie Price Gift, and Harry G. Sperling Fund (1997.154)

Christ Healing the Lepers

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Christ Healing the Lepers, ca. 1525
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, white heightening; 10 11/16 x 16 9/16 in. (27.1 x 42 cm)
Chatsworth, Devonshire Collections

Studies of the Baptist Preaching

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Studies of the Baptist Preaching, ca. 1526–30
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, the studies on the left and in the center with brown wash and white heightening; 6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in. (15.5 x 20.9 cm)
British Museum, London

Bishop Saint in Prayer Seen in Bust-length

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Bishop Saint in Prayer Seen in Bust-length, ca. 1527–30
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Brush with brown and gray-brown wash over stylus-ruled lines and charcoal; some contours stylus-incised (now flattened), on three glued sheets of paper; 28 1/4 x 16 7/16 in. (71.8 x 41.8 cm)
Van Day Truex, 1995 (1995.306)

Three canephori, and Vaulting

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Three canephori, and Vaulting, ca. 1534
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Black chalk underdrawing, brush and brown ink, yellow, green, and mauve washes, red heightening, worked over with pen and brown ink and white heightening; 9 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (23.3 x 17 cm)
Chatsworth, Devonshire Collections

Nine Studies for the Figure of Moses in the Steccata

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Nine Studies for the Figure of Moses in the Steccata (recto), ca. 1531–35
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of leadpoint and stylus ruling; 8 5/16 x 6 1/16 in. (21.1 x 15.3 cm)
Pfeiffer Fund, 1962 (62.135)

The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

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The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis, ca. 1534–35
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash, white heightening, on light brown paper; 7 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (18.2 x 10.4 cm)
British Museum, London

A Standard Bearer

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A Standard Bearer, ca. 1530–40
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk; 10 7/16 x 7 13/16 in. (26.5 x 19.8 cm)
British Museum, London