Bishop Saint in Bust-Length (Cartoon for an Altarpiece)

1529–1530

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Brush and brown wash over black chalk
Dimensions: 28-1/4 x 16-1/16 in. (71.8 x 40.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1995.306
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Parmigianino. Bishop Saint in Bust-Length (Cartoon for an Altarpiece). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Bishop Saint in Bust-Length (Cartoon for an Altarpiece) — Parmigianino. 1529–1530.

Medium: Brush and brown wash over black chalk. Dimensions: 28-1/4 x 16-1/16 in. (71.8 x 40.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Van Day Truex Fund, 1995.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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