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Parmigianino: 1503–1540

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Biography

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 1503 – 24 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (UK: , US: , Italian: [parmidʒaˈniːno]; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. His work is characterized by a "refined sensuality" and often elongation of forms and includes Vision of Saint Jerome (1527) and the iconic if somewhat anomalous Madonna with the Long Neck (1534), and he remains the best-known artist of the first generation whose whole career falls into the Mannerist period.

His prodigious and individual talent has always been recognised, but his career was disrupted by war, especially the Sack of Rome in 1527, three years after he moved there, and then ended by his death at 37. He produced outstanding drawings and was one of the first Italian painters to experiment with printmaking himself. While his portable works have always been keenly collected and are now in major museums in Italy and around the world, his two large projects in fresco are in a church in Parma and a palace in a small town nearby.

This, in conjunction with their lack of large main subjects, has resulted in their being less well known than other works by similar artists. He painted a number of important portraits, leading a trend in Italy towards the three-quarters or full-length figure, previously mostly reserved for royalty.

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Influenced by

Albrecht Dürereditorial inference
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Later influence

Jacopo Bassanoeditorial inference
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Andrea Schiavoneeditorial inference
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Niccolò dell'Abbateeditorial inference
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Pietro Faccinieditorial inference
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The biography identifies Parmigianino as an artistic influence on Pietro Faccini. The biography distinguishes Faccini's stylistic sources and Parmigianino's exaggerated forms. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
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Museums & collections

Documented holdings of works attributed to Parmigianino. Check the museum’s record for current display information.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art29 recorded works
National Gallery of Art8 recorded works
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie3 recorded works
Museo Nacional del Prado3 recorded works
Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)2 recorded works
musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
Parma National Gallery, Parma, Italy1 recorded work
The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
Uffizi Galleries1 recorded work

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