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Object Type
print
Museum number
1851,0308.895
Description
A sleeping maenad leaning against a tree with two putti looking on, after Parmigianino; from a series of etchings after Parmigianino drawings then in the Arundel collection. c.1638 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrick van der Borcht the Younger
After:
Parmigianino
School/style
German
Production date
1638
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
133 millimetres
Width:
85 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a drawing by Parmigianino at the Royal Collection, Windsor (Inv. No. 0546). (A. E. Popham, Catalogue of Drawings by Parmigianino, 1971, vol. I, p. 196, no. 651)
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(15-38)
(D+F)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Ganymede
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Dr Edward Peart
(Lugt 892)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Richard Ford
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1851,0308.895