Studienblatt: Wölfin mit Romulus und Remus sowie Madonna

Title

Studienblatt: Wölfin mit Romulus und Remus sowie Madonna

Draughtsman

• style of Parmigianino ?

Recto

Studienblatt: Madonna, drei Füße, ein weibliches Brustbild

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Parmesan

Production Reason

• figure study

Captions Added Later

Unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Wappen [Fragment]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Romulus and Remus
• Romulus
• Remus
• Mary
• Christ Child

Primary

• 25F23(WOLF)(+0) beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf (+ variant)
• 96C(ROMULUS)12 infancy, upbringing of Romulus and Remus
• 42A3 mother and baby or young child
• 31A2354 sitting in someone's lap
• 96C(ROMULUS)122 Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'

Alternative Attribution

• Sienese draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Domenico Beccafumi inventor; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Parmigianino draughtsman