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Object Type
print
Museum number
1958,0712.36
Description
Aeneas carrying his son Anchises on his shoulder escaping the burning city, after Parmigianino. 1723 Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in green
Producer name
Print made by:
Antonio Maria Zanetti I
After:
Parmigianino
School/style
Italian
Production date
1723
Production place
Published in:
Venice (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
colour
Dimensions
Height:
276 millimetres
Width:
152 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression from the same blocks see 2006,u.3308.
See comment for 1958,0712.50. After a drawing by Parmigianino, now lost. (A. E. Popham, Catalogue of Drawings by Parmigianino, 1971, vol. I, p. 260, no. O.R.119)
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XII.175.35)
Weigel 1865 / Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen ; Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der in Kupfer gestochenen, lithographierten und photographierten Facsimiles von Originalzeichnungen grosser Meister
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
myth/legend
Associated names
Representation of:
Anchises
Representation of:
Aeneas
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Miss J Martin
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Skippe
Acquisition date
1958
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1958,0712.36