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Document identity
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105920
label
The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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105920
contentType
drawing
title
The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
date
c. 1527/30?
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79892028
creators
4597
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
cul
Italy, 16th century
accession
1924.1003
Source extras
tec
pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized)
tombstone
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
supportMaterials
description
laid paper laid down on beige(1) laid? paper
collection
DR - Italian
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] )
formerAccessionNumbers
1483.24
citations
citation
Popham, A. E. <em>Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino</em>. Published for the Pierpont Morgan Library by Yale University Press, 1971.
page_number
n.61, p.62, pl.256
citation
Olszewski, Edward J., and Jane Glaubinger. <em>The Draftsman’s Eye : Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. </em>Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1981.
page_number
n.93, p.117
citation
Di Giampaolo, Mario, and Elisabetta Fadda.<em> Parmigianino: catalogo completo dei dipinti</em>. Monografie d’arte. Idea Libri, 2003.
page_number
p.27
citation
Gnann, Achim. <em>Parmigianino: die Zeichnungen</em>. Studien zur internationalen Architektur- und Kunstgeschichte; 58. M. Imhof, 2007.
page_number
p.54, 367, n.113
citation
Olszewski, Edward J., Burton L. Dunbar, Robert Munman, et al. <em>Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings</em>. Corpus of Drawings in Midwestern Collections. Harvey Miller, 2008.
page_number
n.235, p.291
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:41:52.071000
sourceId
105920
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Drawings
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DR - Italian
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pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized)
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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