print
- Museum number
- 1890,0415.124
- Description
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The Virgin and Child set amongst foliage, a sleeping child at right; an oval composition, after Parmigianino
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in purple
- Production date
- 1527-1530 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 175 millimetres
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Width: 226 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Naoko Takahatake, 'The chiaroscuro woodcut in Renaissance Italy', Los Angeles County Museum of Art 2018, cat.26 and comment on 1884,0726.5. This print was one of four listed by Vasari as made by Antonio da Trento in collaboration with Parmigianino in Parmigianino's workshop in Bologna in 1527-30.
This impression appears to have been printed by a later printer after 1530 (information kindly communicated by Naoko Takahatake).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1890
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1890,0415.124