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Materials:
oil on panel
Size Notes:
29.75 x 25.50 in. (75.6 x 64.1 cm.)
Description:
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Exhibited:
London, No. 28 Haymarket, Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1791, no. 25, in the Great Room, as 'Parmigiano'. Athens, National Gallery of Greece, El Greco in Italy and Italian Art, 18 September-31 December 1995, no. 2. Casalmaggiore, Centro culturale Santa Chiara, Parmigianino e la pratica dellalchimia, 9 February-15 May 2003, no. II.14 Ottawa, National Gallery of Art; and New York, The Frick Collection, A Beautiful and Gracious Manner: The Art of Parmigianino, 3 October 2003-18 April 2004, no. 81. Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Correggio e Parmigianino: Arte a Parma del Cinquecento, 12 March-26 June 2016, no. 57.
Literature:
S.J. Freedberg, 'Il Parmigianino', in V. Fortunati, ed., La pittura in Emila e in Romagna. Il Cinquecento, Milan, 1995-1996, II, p. 87. D. Ekserdjian, Correggio, New Haven and London, 1997, pp. 265, fig. 270. S. Bguin, 'Mysterious Parmigianino', in Parmigianino: The Drawings,Turin, 2000, pp. 1718. M. Clayton, in Correggio and Parmigianino; Master Draughtsman of the Renaissance, exhibition catalogue, London and New York, 2000-2001, p.176, fig. 43. M.C. Chiusa, Parmigianino, Milan, 2001, pp.35, 37, 183-85 and 217, fig. 20. M. Vaccaro, Parmigianino: The Paintings, Turin, 2002, pp. 182-83, no. 35, pl. LVII. E. Fadda, with introduction by M. di Giampaolo, Parmigianino: Catalogo complete dei dipinti, Santarcangelo di Romagna, 2003, no. 4. D. Ekserdjian, in S. Ferino-Pagden, et al.,Parmigianino e la pratica dellalchimia, exhibition catalogue, Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, 2003, pp. 110-112, no. II.14. V. Sgarbi, Parmigianino, Geneva and Milan, 2003, pp. 93 and 211, no. 58, illustrated; small format edition, pp. 71 and 73. D. Franklin, The Art of Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 2003, pp. 255-261, no. 81, pl. 81. M. Vaccaro, 'Parmigianino, Ottawa and New York', The Burlington Magazine, CXLVI, April 2004, p. 284. C. Eisler, 'The Art of Parmigianino by David G. Franklin, David Ekserdjian', Renaissance Quarterly, LVII, no. 4, Winter 2004, p. 1390. C. Scott Littleton, Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, New York, 2005, XI, p. 339. D. Ekserdjian, Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 2006, pp. 101-103, fig. 99. A. Gnann, Parmigianino; Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg, 2007, I, pp. 278-282, fig. 114; II, pp. 493-94. A. Ng, The Poetry of Parmigianinos Schiava Turca, New York, 2014, pp. 32-35, illustrated. D. Ekserdjian, Correggio e Parmigianino: Arte a Parma del Cinquecento, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 2016, fig. 57, pp. 210-11.
Provenance:
Cav. Francesco Baiardo (1486-1561), Parmigianinos friend and patron, Parma, until 1561, listed in his estate inventory, as '20. Un quadro duna donna ignuda chincorona un Cavallo conun puttino appresso bozzata di colore finito alto o 20 larga o 12 di mano del Parmesanino??. Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792), London, until 1791, and by inheritance to his niece, Mary Palmer (c. 1721-1790), later wife of Murrough O'Brien, 5th Earl of Inchiquin; Christies, London, 11-14 March 1795, lot 32, as 'Parmegiano ... VENUS CROWNING PEGASUS', where acquired by the following, John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823). William Lock, of Norbury Park (1732-1810); Sothebys, London, 4 May 1821, lot 441, as 'Venus with Cupid decorating Pegasus', where acquired by Greave, or Woodburn. Ramsay Richard Reinagle, R.A. (1775-1862), London; his sale, Foster, London, 29 June 1832, lot 208, as 'Parmegiano ... Flora decking with garlands the celestial horse Pegasus, which seems to bend and glory in the goddess' caresses'. Anonymous sale; Foster, London, 9-14 May 1833, lot 103, as 'Parmegiano ... Flora decking Pegasus with a Chaplet of Flowers, attended by a Cupid'. Anonymous sale; Christies, London, 3 March 1838, lot 151, as 'Parmegiano ... Venus Crowning Pegasus, attended by Cupid?? (5 gns. to Coode). H. Perry, Greystone, Oxted, Surrey; his sale, Christies, London, July 24, 1933, lot 137, as 'Bronzino ... Athena and Pegasus' (Howard). Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1991, lot 126, as 'Italian Follower of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino ... A Mythological Subject, Possibly Venus Crowning Pegasus'. with Stanley Moss, Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, 1991-2006. with Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.