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Marriage of the Virgin

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, corrected with touches of lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, corrected with touches of lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card.

Date:

c. 1575

Artist:

Follower of Parmigianino
Italian, 1503-1540

About this artwork

Parmigianino’s assimilation of Raphael and the Roman School was very influential for the next generation of Mannerist draftsmen. This large and impressive sheet, once thought to be by Parmigianino himself, is freely derived from a drawing by him in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, which relies heavily on Raphael’s Vatican frescoes.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Follower of Parmigianino

Title

Marriage of the Virgin

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1573–1577

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, corrected with touches of lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left on mount, in graphite (in John Skippe's hand?): "parmigianino"

Dimensions

26.9 × 42.2 cm (10 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt

Reference Number

1976.56

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