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Esther before Ahasuerus or Solomon and Sheba with Cross from Wood of Adam's Tomb

A work made of pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.

Date:

1590/1600

Artist:

Follower of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino
Italian, 1503-1540

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Follower of Parmigianino

Title

Esther before Ahasuerus or Solomon and Sheba with Cross from Wood of Adam's Tomb

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1590–1600

Medium

Pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower left on mount, in pen and brown ink: "884"; upper right on mount, in pen and brown ink: "L.2"; lower left on mount, in graphite: "Parmigianino"

Dimensions

11 × 17.1 cm (4 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.2552

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