id: 105920 accession number: 1924.1003 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.1003 updated: 2025-02-08 23:27:57.959000 The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph, c. 1527/30?. Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized); sheet: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); secondary support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.1003 title: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1527/30? creation date earliest: 1527 creation date latest: 1530 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized) department: Drawings collection: DR - Italian type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540) - artist Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), was an Italian Mannerist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. In Parma and upon his arrival in Rome in 1524, he experimented with print to study works by artists he admired, such as Raphael. He fled Rome at the time of its sack in 1527, and he moved to Bologna. There, he began his engagement with chiaroscuro woodcuts, collaborating with Ugo da Carpi and Antonio da Trento. Parmigianino then returned to Parma in 1530. --- measurements: Sheet: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: laid paper laid down on beige(1) laid? paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: 19 ; lower center, in brown ink: Parmeggiano. ; lower right, in graphite: 15 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: A 3541 ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), across top, in graphite: Collns. Peter Lely (1618-1680) Lugt 2092 / J. Richardson Sr. (1665-1740) Lugt 2169. ; lower left, in graphite: Parmeggiano: The Nativity. ; across bottom, in graphite: (& Dream of joseph .. An[q?]u Waru[?]q / [lo?] [flu?] in [6?] [illegible] ) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-02-10T05:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). title: Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London opening date: 1938-09-30T05:00:00 Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 30-October 30, 1938). title: Drawings by Old Italian Masters opening date: 1940-06-05T04:00:00 Drawings by Old Italian Masters. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 5, 1940-February 25, 1941). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1942-06-17T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942). title: Drawings opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). title: Old Master Drawings opening date: 1964-03-10T05:00:00 Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). title: Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands opening date: 1965-01-01T05:00:00 Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965). title: Italian Prints and Drawings opening date: 1968-01-30T05:00:00 Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968). title: Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions opening date: 1980-10-21T04:00:00 Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981). title: National Schools of Style opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00 National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). title: Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1986-12-16T05:00:00 Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1980-10-21T00:00:00'} * {'description': "CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 85, illus., pp. 18, 107.", 'opening_date': '1979-03-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).', 'opening_date': '1930-03-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Miscellaneous Installation" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-01-21T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA (installed, gallery VI July 22, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-07-22T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, installed in case, armor court (Jan. 29-Apr. 20, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-01-29T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, (gallery V July 9-Nov. 7, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1948-07-09T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 20-Apr. 26, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1948-01-20T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-06-17T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).', 'opening_date': '1940-06-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1930-10-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-02-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 5, 1930-Jan. 9, 1931; Feb. 20-Mar. 15, 1931; June 10, 1931-Jan. 16, 1932).', 'opening_date': '1931-02-20T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Peter Lely, London (Lugt 2092, lower right, in black ink). Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London (Lugt 2184, lower left, in black ink; Lugt 2983-2984, verso of secondary support, upper center, in brown ink (or possibly John Barnard mount and inscription?): [illegible]. 45. / [Q?]. 36. / [T?]. 55. / AA. 42. / A.). [FitzRoy Carrington] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1003/1924.1003_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1003/1924.1003_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.1003/1924.1003_full.tif