The Entombment
Medium
etching
Dimensions
27.1 × 20.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund
Accession Number
1985.10
Tags
male
About this artwork
One of the most important Mannerist painters, Parmigianino was the first artist to exploit the fluid, expressive potential of etching. The graphic vocabulary of the day (derived from engraving techniques) consisted of parallel and cross-hatched lines. Etching, a new technique developed around 1510, freed the artist from both the traditional vocabulary of engraving and dependence on reproductive printmakers. Parmigianino used the medium to convey the grace and spontaneity of his pen and ink drawi...