People waiting below a pedestal; a cherub above them. Colour etching by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

  • Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
Date:
1700-1799
Reference:
2489277i
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Description

A drawing in the possession of the brothers Brunelli in Bologna, Giovanni Angelo Brunelli and Gabriele Brunelli. Giovanni Angelo (1722-1804) was an astronomer and geographer who helped to draw up the boundaries between the South American possessions of Portugal and Spain, and wrote three works on aspects of Brazil. Gabriele (Gabriello) (1728-1797) was professor of botany at the university of Bologna

Publication/Creation

1700-1799

Physical description

1 print : etching, with aquatint and plate tone, printed in brown and black ; platemark 32.2 x 21 cm

Lettering

Ex pinacotheca Jo. Ange. et Gabri. Brunelli frat.um Bononiae. F. Mazzola in. F. Rosaspina fecit.

References note

Zoltán Kárpáti, The alchemy of beauty: Parmigianino. drawings and prints, Budapest 2009, pp. 44-49

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2489277i

Notes

One of several drawings of similar compositions by Parmigianino, of which more than one was etched by Rosaspina (Kárpáti, loc. cit.).

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