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Naming Parmigianino’s Antea

08/2023 | 1445 | 165

Pages: 828–835

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Author:

Vaccaro, Mary (Vaccaro, Mary)

Subjects

artists:

Parmigianino

patrons:

Baiardi, Francesco (1486–1561)

places:

Parma

sources:

Baptismal registers / Inventories

subjects:

Italian painting / Portraits / Sitters

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Portrait of a young woman, possibly Antea Smeraldi, by Parmigianino. Oil on canvas, 136 by 86 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; photograph Scala, Florence).

Attributed works:

2. Detail of Madonna and Child with saints (‘Madonna of the long neck’), by Parmigianino, showing the face of one of the angels. Oil on panel. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).

Attributed works:

3. Study of the head of a bearded man, by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli. Black and red chalk on paper (recto), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Attributed works:

4. Study of a female head, here attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli and identified as a copy after a lost preparatory drawing by Parmigianino. Black and red chalk with grey-brown ink on paper (verso), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Attributed works:

5. Study of a female head, by Parmigianino. Red chalk on paper, 10.1 by 8.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN).

Attributed works:

6. Portrait of a woman (‘Turkish slave’), here identified as a woman in the Baiardi family circle, possibly Maria Caterina Baiardi, by Parmigianino. Oil on panel, 68 by 53 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Parma; photograph © A. De Gregorio; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

7. Detail of a family tree of Smeraldo Smeraldi, showing his siblings and half-siblings (including Antea) and children. (Archivio di Stato, Parma, Fondo Famiglie; photograph the author).

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