Virgin and Child
Medium
Etching with engraving and drypoint printed in brown; second state of four
Dimensions
sheet: 3 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9.3 x 5.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.19.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of Italian Mannerism with Parmigianino's *Virgin and*, an exquisite print created 1527–30 Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, known Parmigianino (1503–1540), was a figure in the Mannerist movement, celebrated for his elongated, graceful figures and refined elegance that stretched beyond High Renaissance ideals. This intimate depiction of the Madonna tenderly holding the Christ Child embodies the devotional piety of the era, a popular theme in Catholic art during the Counter-Reformation's early stirrings. Crafted as an etching with engraving and drypoint, printed in w...
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...