Parmigianino
1503–1540 · High Renaissance and Mannerism · 9 works
Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino, gave figures an elegance that could stretch beyond ordinary bodily proportions. Working in Parma, Rome, and Bologna, he developed the expressive approach now associated with Mannerism. Drawing was central to his practice, and his etchings helped carry his inventions beyond Italy. Small studies show the process particularly clearly: a turn of the head, an extended limb, or a cluster of standing figures becomes a problem of rhythm and balance. These arrangements can feel poised and slightly unstable at the same time.
9 works · 1525–1537
In Group of Nine Standing Figures, compare the heads, hands, and feet. How do their differing directions hold the group together?
1524/27 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: High Renaissance and Mannerism room · 1 work
1527–1535 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: High Renaissance and Mannerism room · 3 works
1535–1537 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: High Renaissance and Mannerism room · 1 work
Albrecht Altdorfer
Head of a Young Man, 1507
Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin with the Dragonfly, c. 1495
Daniel Hopfer, I
Adam, by 1522
