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Provenienza:

• Cav. Francesco Baiardo (1486-1561), Parmigianino’s friend and patron, Parma, until 1561, listed in his estate inventory, as '20. Un’ quadro d’una donna ignuda ch’incorona un Cavallo con’un puttino appresso bozzata di colore finito alto o 20 larga o 12 di mano del Parmesanino”.
• Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792), London, until 1791, and by inheritance to his niece,
• Mary Palmer (c. 1721-1790), later wife of Murrough O'Brien, 5th Earl of Inchiquin; Christie’s, London, 11-14 March 1795, lot 32, as 'Parmegiano ... VENUS CROWNING PEGASUS', where acquired by the following,
• John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823).
• William Lock, of Norbury Park (1732-1810); Sotheby’s, London, 4 May 1821, lot 441, as 'Venus with Cupid decorating Pegasus', where acquired by Greave, or Woodburn.
• Ramsay Richard Reinagle, R.A. (1775-1862), London; his sale, Foster, London, 29 June 1832, lot 208, as 'Parmegiano ... Flora decking with garlands the celestial horse Pegasus, which seems to bend and glory in the goddess' caresses'.
• Anonymous sale; Foster, London, 9-14 May 1833, lot 103, as 'Parmegiano ... Flora decking Pegasus with a Chaplet of Flowers, attended by a Cupid'.
• Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 3 March 1838, lot 151, as 'Parmegiano ... Venus Crowning Pegasus, attended by Cupid” (5 gns. to Coode).
• H. Perry, Greystone, Oxted, Surrey; his sale, Christie’s, London, July 24, 1933, lot 137, as 'Bronzino ... Athena and Pegasus' (Howard).
• Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1991, lot 126, as 'Italian Follower of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino ... A Mythological Subject, Possibly Venus Crowning Pegasus'.
• with Stanley Moss, Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, 1991-2006.
• with Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.
• Asta: Christie's, LotFinder: entry 6327301 Live Auction 20053, London, 7-8 luglio 2021, Old Masters Evening Sale, lot 40

• London, No. 28 Haymarket, Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1791, no. 25, in the Great Room, as 'Parmigiano'.
• Athens, National Gallery of Greece, El Greco in Italy and Italian Art, 18 September-31 December 1995, no. 2.
• Casalmaggiore, Centro culturale Santa Chiara, Parmigianino e la pratica dell’alchimia, 9 February-15 May 2003, no. II.14
• Ottawa, National Gallery of Art; and New York, The Frick Collection, A Beautiful and Gracious Manner: The Art of Parmigianino, 3 October 2003-18 April 2004, no. 81.
• Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Correggio e Parmigianino: Arte a Parma del Cinquecento, 12 March-26 June 2016, no. 57.