PARMIGIANINO
(b. 1503, Parma, d. 1540, Casal Maggiore)

Sketch for a wall decoration (recto)

1523-24
Pen and red chalk, 171 x 236 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

For composing the narrative paintings in the Camerino in the castle of Fontanellato, Parmigianino executed several preliminary drawings. The present drawing is a sketch for a wall decoration with frieze of putti and the story of Actaeon.




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