Apparition of Christ (recto); Printed Fragment with Jupiter Enthroned with Eagle, from Caraglio's Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over traces of leadpoint and some stylus ruling (recto); printed Jupiter enthroned with attendant eagle (verso), a proof impression of the upper right corner of Caraglio's engraving "The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul," after Parmigianino (Bartsch, XV, p. 71, no. 8)
Dimensions
5 11/16 x 4 15/16in. (14.5 x 12.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.112.2
Tags
About the Artist
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) · 1503–1540
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, known as Parmigianino, was born on January 11, 1503, in Parma, into a family of artists. The eighth child of painter Filippo Mazzola and Donatella Abbati, he lost his father to the plague at age two and was raised by his uncles, Michele and Pier Ilario Mazzola, modestly talented painters who taught him the techniques of the craft. By his late teens, Parmigianino d...