Nine Studies of the Moses in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (recto); Nine Studies for the Eve in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper (recto and verso)
Dimensions
8 5/16 x 6in. (21.1 x 15.3cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Pfeiffer Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.135
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance draftsmanship with this exquisite double-sided sheet by Parmigianino (Giamo Francesco Maria Mazzola 1503–1540), a master of Mannerism known for his graceful, elongated and poetic elegance. Titled *Nine Studies of the Moses Santa Maria della Stecc, Parma (recto); Nine Studies for the Eve Santa Maria della Stecc, Parma (verso)*, this small yet dynamic drawing (8 /16 x 6 in captures the artist's preparatory for fresco figures in Parma's Santa Maria della Steccata church, a project he began around 1531 but left unfinished due to disputes. Executed in p...
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...