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St. John the Evangelist, striding in three-quarter view toward the left and holding a chalice with snakes in his right hand, an eagle stands behind his right leg
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St. John the Evangelist, striding in three-quarter view toward the left and holding a chalice with snakes in his right hand, an eagle stands behind his right leg

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) | Master F. P.

16th century

Medium

Etching

Tags

EaglesSnakesSaint John the EvangelistChalices

Dimensions

plate: 4 11/16 x 2 5/8 in. (11.9 x 6.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)

1503–1540

Parmigianino was a precocious artist who lived a short life. He was a success in the shadow of Correggio in Parma, and was then successful also in the Rome of Clement VII. In Rome he executed a few large-scale works and learned printmaking. After the Sack of Rome in 1527, he returned to North Italy, where in his final decade he created some remarkable Mannerist works. His works included small panels and large-scale frescoes, sacred and profane subjects, portraits, and drawings of scenes from everyday life and of erotica. Italian painter. Comment on works: History; Portraits.

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