About the Artwork
Woman Seated in a Room (Melancholy)
1726
Antonio Maria Zanetti (Artist) Italian, 1680-1757 Parmigianino (Artist) Italian, 1503-1540
Chiaroscuro woodcut print in blue and black ink
Image: 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (17.1 × 10.5 cm) Sheet: 6 15/16 × 4 3/8 inches (17.6 × 11.1 cm)
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Gift of Ellen Sharp in memory of Charles Elam
F1989.47
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, on block, below image: Et Caro et hilari Amico Gho: Mi: labach Franci: Parmensis | Melancholiam dedicat et donat Antus: Ma: Zanetti 1726
Provenance
Ellen Sharp
1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur, XII. Vienna, 1803, no. 171.28.
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Antonio Maria Zanetti; after Parmigianino, Woman Seated in a Room (Melancholy), 1726, chiaroscuro woodcut print in blue and black ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ellen Sharp in memory of Charles Elam, F1989.47.
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