A Putto Seated on a Frame, Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, ca. 1538–40

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A Putto Seated on a Frame, ca. 1538–40, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk., sheet: 4 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (12 x cm), Drawings, Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (Italian, Viadana ca. 1505–ca. 1570 Parma), Due to his expeditious production of paintings, Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli became a painter of note in the competitive artistic arena of Parma during the late 1530s and 40s. A native of Viadana (like Parmigianino, his better-known master and kinsman by marriage), Bedoli was considered Parmigianino's successor in the Parmese school, according to Giorgio Vasari, Bedoli's first biographer (1568

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