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Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola
"Parmigianino"

1503-1540 Italy/Mannerism

 

Brief Biography-Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, also known as Parmigianino, meaning the little one from Parma, was born in 1503. He was a painter and etcher in the mannerist style who came under the influence of Correggio. Parmigianino worked on chapels in Parma before going to Rome in 1524. The paintings of Michelangelo and Raphael impressed him; however, he left due to the Germans’ plunder of the city in 1527. He eventually returned to Parma via Bologna in 1531. Unfortunately, Parmigianino got imprisoned for not finishing contracted frescoes in Santa Maria della Steccata. When freed, he went to Casalmaggiore, where he completed the Madonna with Saint Stephen and Saint John the Baptist, and a year later, he died from a fever as a young man. Aside from religious paintings, Parmigianino was a renowned portraitist.

 

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Adoration

Adoration of the Shepherds

Cardinal
Pucci

Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci


Circumcision

Circumcision of Jesus


Circumcision

Circumcision of Jesus Detail

Cupid
Carving

Cupid Carving his Bow

Diana and
Acteon

Diana and Acteon


Mazzola

Francesco Mazzola

Madonna
and Child

Madonna and Child


Madonna

Madonna of Saint Zachary


Madonna

Madonna of the Rose


Madonna

Madonna with Long Neck


Madonna

Madonna with Saint Magaretha Saint Peter Saint Jerome and Saint Michael


Madonna

Madonna with the Saint Stephan and Saint John the Baptist


Nativity

Nativity with Angels

The
Vision

The Vision of Saint Jerome


Slave

The Turkish Slave

Pallas
Athene

Pallas Athene

Rest on
the Flight

Rest on the Flight

S Rocco
and donor

S Rocco and a Donor

St
Barbara

Saint Barbara


Angels

Saint with Two Angels


Self

Self


Saturn

Saturn and Philyra

Self
Portrait

Self Portrait


Saints

Saints Cecilia and David


Conversion

The Conversion of Saint Paul


Nativity

Nativity


Pala

Pala di Bardi

A Child with
Abbecedario

A Child with Abbecedario

A Man Meant
to be Reading

A Man Meant to be Reading

Adoration of
the Magi

Adoration of the Magi

Baptism of
Christ

Baptism of Christ

Camilla
Gonzaga

Camilla Gonzaga

Constancy
Rangoni

Constancy Rangoni

Lucrezia
Roman

Lucrezia Roman

Lorenzo
Cybo

Lorenzo Cybo

Portrait
of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Mystic
Marriage

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Saint
Girolamo

Saint Girolamo

Rest
in Egypt

Rest in Egypt

A
Man

A Man

Gian
Sanvitale

Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale Count of Fontanellato

Young
Man

Young Man

Young
Lady

Young Lady

Madonna
and Child

The Madonna and Child