When was "Frontispiece" created?

This artwork was created before 1749.

What medium is "Frontispiece"?

Frontispiece is Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in blue and black.

Is "Frontispiece" in the public domain?

Yes, Frontispiece is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Frontispiece

Q: Who created "Frontispiece"?

Frontispiece was created by Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder in before 1749.

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder

before 1749

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in blue and black

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in. (30.7 × 22.5 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 7 5/16 in. (22.7 × 18.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1962

Accession Number

62.565.1

About the Artist

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder · 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...

Frontispiece

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