Woman Standing Holding Jar on Her Head, after Parmigianino
Dimensions:
6¾ × 3½ inches.
Blocks, 2:
Mustard yellow, black.
Inscription, at bottom:
“Per Illustri, ac Præclaro Viro Joseph Smith / J. B. Jackson Humiliter Dedicat Donat, et / Sculpsit. 1731.”
Another state has the following added in small letters:
“Antonius Ma Zanetti a Jacobo Parmense Delin.”
The block for the tone is in two versions. The one illustrated is dotted in the jar to show gradations, while the other one is more loosely handled.
Free copy of line engraving by G. A. Faldoni.
BM, V&A
Headpiece with Landscape and Ruins