The Adoration of the Shepherds
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 28.8 x 22.3 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed to the platemark)
Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession number46.5
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
Provenance18th century, John Barnard (d. 1784) London (Lugt 1419). George Hibbert (b. 1757 - d. 1837), London (Lugt 2849); April 17, 1809, Hibbert sale, London. Dr. Edward Peart (b. 1756/58 - d. 1824), London and Butterwick (Lugt 891); April 12, 1822, Peart sale, Christie's, London, to William Esdaile (b. 1758 - d. 1837), London (Lugt 2617); by 1824, from Esdaile to Richard Ford (b. 1796 - d. 1858), London (Lugt 937). Rev. John Griffith (b. 1806 - d. 1885), Oxford (Lugt 1464). John Postle Heseltine (b. 1843 - d. 1929), London (Lugt 1508). 1946, sold by Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984; Lugt 5581), Forest Hills, NY, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1946)
NOTE: Unidentified collector ("pam"?)(not in Lugt).
NOTE: Unidentified collector ("pam"?)(not in Lugt).
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th–early 17th century