The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
c. 1527/30?
Parmigianino
Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
Drawings
The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph, c. 1527/30?. Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized); sheet: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); secondary support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.1003
- Maker/Artist
- Parmigianino
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- 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: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 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] )
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1924.1003
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Drawings by Old Italian Masters, Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings, Old Master Drawings, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands, Italian Prints and Drawings, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions, National Schools of Style, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection, CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).<br>CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 85, illus., pp. 18, 107.<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).<br>CMA, "Miscellaneous Installation" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).<br>CMA (installed, gallery VI July 22, 1956).<br>CMA, installed in case, armor court (Jan. 29-Apr. 20, 1952).<br>CMA, (gallery V July 9-Nov. 7, 1948).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 20-Apr. 26, 1948).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).<br>CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).<br>CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).<br>CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 5, 1930-Jan. 9, 1931; Feb. 20-Mar. 15, 1931; June 10, 1931-Jan. 16, 1932).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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