The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul
c. 1527–1530/1531
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut (in two shades of brown and black)
Dimensions
image: 29.2 × 47.5 cm · sheet: 29.6 × 47.9 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Accession Number
1925.1238
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About this artwork
The workshop of Parmigianino was one of the chief centers of chiaroscuro printmaking in the 1500s. Antonio da Trento, Parmigianino's student in Bologna from 1527 to 1531, made several chiaroscuro prints after his master's drawings. This print, considered da Trento's first collaborative effort with Parmigianino, was based on a drawing executed in Rome between 1524 and 1527 for a potential papal commission. It shows the imminent beheading of saint Paul, kneeling in the foreground, and the forthcom...