Old Woman with Cane in Door, with Black Maid Holding Child, and Other Figures

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Follower of Parmigianino

Title

Old Woman with Cane in Door, with Black Maid Holding Child, and Other Figures

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

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1578–1582

Medium

Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on cream laid paper prepared with salmon wash, laid down on ivory laid card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower center on mount, in pen and brown ink (in J. Richardson, Sr.'s hand): "Parmiggiano"; inscribed verso, upper center on mount, in pen and brown ink (in J. Richardson, Sr.'s hand): "E"

Dimensions

17.5 × 14.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.51

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