Nativity (Parmigianino)

Painting by Parmigianino

Nativity (c. 1521–1522) by Parmigianino

Nativity or Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a c.1521–1522 oil on panel painting by Parmigianino, now in the Courtauld Gallery in London.[1]

Its attribution as a youthful work by Parmigianino has not always been unanimous, being supported by Freedberg (1950), Ghidiglia Quintavalle (1963, 1968) and Di Giampaolo (1991) and opposed by Berenson (1907), Venturi (1926), Fröhlich-Bum (1921) and Copertini (1932, assigning it instead to Bertoia). Recent scholarship has tended to accept it by comparison with other early works such as Adoration of the Shepherds, with the exception of Rossi (1980), who according to Di Giampaolo argued it was a copy.[2]

It passed through several famous collections such as count Moritz von Fries's collection in Vienna, before being acquired by the English painter Thomas Lawrence in 1830. It was later acquired by the Cook collection in Richmond-upon-Thames, from which it was bought at auction at Christie's on 25 November 1966 by count Antoine Seilern, who bequeathed it and the same artist's Virgin and Child to its present owner in 1978.

## References

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1. ^ "Catalogue entry".
2. ^ (in Italian) Mario Di Giampaolo ed Elisabetta Fadda, Parmigianino, Keybook, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2002. ISBN 8818-02236-9

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Parmigianino

Paintings|

* Baptism of Christ (c. 1519)
* Bardi Altarpiece (c. 1521)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1521–1522)
* Nativity (c. 1521–1522)
* The Circumcision (c. 1523)
* Saint Barbara (c. 1523)
* Female Martyr with Two Angels (c. 1523–1524)
* Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale (1524)
* Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo (1524)
* Sanvitale Madonna and Child (1524; fragment)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Parma; c. 1524)
* Portrait of a Collector (c. 1524)
* Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (c. 1524)
* Holy Family with Angels (c. 1524)
* Doria Madonna (c. 1525)
* Nativity with Angels (c. 1525)
* Vision of Saint Jerome (1526–1527)
* The Conversion of Saint Paul (1527)
* Virgin and Child (c. 1527–1528)
* Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1528)
* Saint Roch (c. 1528)
* Adoration of the Magi (c. 1529)
* Man Holding a Book (c. 1529)
* Kedleston Madonna (c. 1529)
* Santa Margherita Madonna (1529–1530)
* Madonna of the Rose (1530)
* Boy with a Finger in His Mouth (c. 1530)
* Madonna and Child with Saint Zechariah (c. 1530–1533)
* Turkish Slave (1533)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (London; c. 1529)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Louvre; c. 1529)
* Portrait of a Man (c. 1530)
* Portrait of Cecilia Gozzadini (c. 1530)
* Antea (c. 1535)
* Cupid Making His Bow (c. 1533–1535)
* Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo (c. 1535–1538)
* Madonna with the Long Neck (c. 1535–1540)
* Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons (c. 1539–1540; disputed)
* Lucretia (1540)
* Casalmaggiore Altarpiece (1540)
* Portrait of a Man in a Red Beret (c. 1540; disputed)

Related|

* Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato
* Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata
* San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma
* San Petronio, Bologna

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