Old Woman with Cane in Door, with Black Maid Holding Child, and Other Figures

Provenance

J. Richardson, Sr. [stamp (Lugt 2184) recto, lower right, in black, and script (Lugt 2984) verso, upper center on mount, in pen and brown ink]. N. Hone [stamp (Lugt 2793) recto, lower right, in black]. William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right and verso, center on mount, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount, in black].

Old Woman with Cane in Door, with Black Maid Holding Child, and Other Figures

Follower of Parmigianino

c. 1580

Accession Number

109111

Medium

Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on cream laid paper prepared with salmon wash, laid down on ivory laid card

Dimensions

17.5 × 14.3 cm (6 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection