'The Sacrifice' or 'Mucius Scaevola', after Parmigianino
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
16th century
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (10.5 x 15 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.117
Tags
MenWomen
About the Artist
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) · 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...