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Head of 'Io' from 'Jupiter and Io', after Correggio: 2927

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Head of 'Io' from 'Jupiter and Io', after Correggio

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Figino, Ambrogio Giovanni

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Notes

History note: Jonathan Richardson Senior (1665-1745) (Lugt 2184); Jonathan Richardson Junior (Lugt 2983, 2997); Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 174 mm
Width: 195 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Note

Formerly catalogued as 'Copy after Corregio'; a very close copy of considerable delicacy after the head of Io in Corregio's painting 'Jupiter and Io' painted c. 1530, now in Vienna

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( blue, on two pieces of paper)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk on blue paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The Io is the finest (of them) in the Palace of the Duke of Bracciano, that was Don Liv(io Odelclchis) in Rome. The same size as the picture and the same air exactly. (Picture is the copy, now in Berlin, of the original at Vienna (by J. Richardson Jun.)
  • Location: Stuck on back of mount
  • Text: R5 Lc.12. R14
  • Location: Verso, above Richardson's note
  • Method of creation: Ink

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 2927
Primary reference Number: 7276
Lugt: 2184
Lugt: 2983
Lugt: 2997

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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