Right hand section of St Peter preaching to the apostles
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (11.5 × 5.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.73.3-23
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance printmaking with this diminutive yet masterful *Right hand section of St Peter preaching to the apostles*, created around 1540–50. Attributed to a stellar collaboration—design by Mannerist virtuoso Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola), with contributions from Polidoro da Caravaggio, Niccolò Vicentino, and pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut artist Ugo da Carpi—this fragment captures a pivotal biblical moment. St. Peter, the first pope, addresses the apostles, embodying themes of faith and early Christian leadership that resonated deeply in Cou...
About the Artist
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Niccolò Vicentino|Ugo da Carpi · 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...