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Foreshortened Angel

Antonio da Correggio · 1522/30

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What the record supports

"Foreshortened Angel," by Antonio da Correggio, is a chalk drawing executed between 1522 and 1530. The artwork, classified as a chalk drawing from Italy, measures 21.7 × 26.3 cm (8 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.) and was created using red chalk with stumping on tan laid paper, subsequently laid down on ivory laid paper. It is held in the Prints and Drawings department and is part of The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection.

The provenance indicates the drawing was owned by William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943) in Chicago, marked with his stamp (Lugt 5308). In 1922, it was given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, where it received a collection stamp (Lugt 1230b).

No exhibition history is provided in the supplied catalogue data. The work has been featured in "Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection" (1997) by Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles.

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Provenance

Ownership history

William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower rght, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount].

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Literature

Published references

Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 330 and 332, no. 473 (ill.).

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