The Youthful St. John the Baptist

XVIII century. Wash, White lead, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on blue paper.
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This is clearly a pastiche in the manner of Parmigianino, apparently by an eighteen-century hand, after a prototype that remains to be identified.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.335

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Inventory number: D001827
Author: Anonymous (Circle of: Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
Title: The Youthful St. John the Baptist
Date: XVIII century
Technique: Wash; White lead; Pencil; Grey-brown ink
Support: Blue paper
Dimension: Height: 195 mm; Width: 251 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

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. 335.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 335.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 86.

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

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