Standing female figure in loose classical robe, with arm outstretched
Medium
Etching, only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.8 × 7.5 cm) cut within platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.18-78
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite etching, titled *Standing Female Figure in Loose Classical Robe, with Arm Outstretched*, captures a graceful woman in flowing drapery, her arm extended in a gesture evoking classical antiquity. Created in 1645 by the Bohemian engraver Wenceslaus Hol after an original design by the Italian Mannerist master Parmigianino (Girolamo Maria Mazzola, 3–1540), it bridges Renaissance elegance with 17th-centurymaking prowess. Parmigianino's sinuous lines and elongated forms, hallmarks of Mannerism, are faithfully reproduced here, infusing the figure with ethereal poise. As a rare "only st...
About the Artist
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Wenceslaus Hollar · 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...