Seated Figure of Mercury, 1503–40, Black chalk, 12 x 8 1/8in. ( x ), Drawings, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria

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Seated Figure of Mercury, 1503–40, Black chalk, 12 x 8 1/8in. ( x ), Drawings, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore), The attribution of this drawing to Parmigianino was first advanced by Oberhuber (oral communication to the previous owner) and has been universally accepted. De Grazia hypothesized that it may have been made as a preparatory study for a lost painting of Mercury by Parmigianino listed in the 1561 inventory of works belonging to his patron, the Cavaliere Francesco Baiardo

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