Madonna and Child (recto); Head and Bust of Saint John the Evangelist (verso)

Madonna and Child (recto); Head and Bust of Saint John the Evangelist (verso) by Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)

Medium

Brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk on brownish prepared paper (recto); black chalk, highlighted with white gouache (verso)

Dimensions

4 15/16 x 4 1/8in. (12.5 x 10.4cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1908

Accession Number

10.45.2a, b

Tags

Madonna and ChildSaint John the Evangelist

About the Artist

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) · 15031540

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...

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