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FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, CALLED PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540) AFTER RAPHAEL
Lot 90 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, CALLED PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540) AFTER RAPHAEL

Saints Peter and John healing the Cripples at the Gate at the Temple

Closed29 January 2019

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FRANCESCO MAZZOLA, CALLED PARMIGIANINO (1503-1540) AFTER RAPHAEL
Saints Peter and John healing the Cripples at the Gate at the Temple
etching and chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in two shades of mushroom, circa 1525-30, on laid paper, a very good, strong and clear impression of the second, final state, Mistrali's third, final state, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject, laid onto an 19th century card mount with gilt and wash borders and crayon and ink framing lines, a tiny paper loss at the upper right sheet corner, generally in good condition, framed
Sheet 265 x 395 mm., Mount 433 x 547 mm.

An old unidentified inscription in brown ink, G 125 (1), at lower right recto (not in Lugt).
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 2092); probably his sale, Sonnius, Lankrink and Thompson, London, 11-18 April 1688 or, Walton, London, 15 November 1694 and following days.
Ambrose Cardew (1865-1942), London (Lugt 1134).
Hugh Scrutton (1917-1991), London (according to the below and without mark).
With Christopher Mendez, London, 1983.
Acquired from the above, then by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This experimental combination of two mediums, etching and chiaroscuro woodcut, is a rare instance of a direct collaboration between Parmigianino as an etcher and either Ugo da Carpi or Antonio da Trento as a woodcutter. The four registration holes at the corners of the sheet are evidence for the way the woodblocks, providing the shading, were superimposed onto Parmigianino's etching.