Studies for the Head and Body of a Warrior

Early XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink, Pencil ground on yellow paper.
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The attribution to Parmigianino and the price of Lire 4 on the reverse of the old backing are in the hand of the so-called Italian Supplier. These two feeble studies seem however to have nothing to do with the work of Parmigianino.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.337

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Inventory number: D001432
Author: Anonymous (Circle of: Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
Title: Studies for the Head and Body of a Warrior
Date: Early XVI century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown ink; Pencil ground
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 115 mm; Width: 67 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

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Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 337.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Virginia, 2008, pp. 337.

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Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 826.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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