Parmigianino

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 1503 – 24 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino, was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. Wikipedia

What to look for

Elongated, elegant figures — long necks and fingers — with strange proportions and refined colour.

55 works in the quiz. Play a round on Parmigianino — not whether it is theirs, but which one.

Works

“Madonna with the Long Neck”, 1534–1540 — Uffizi Gallery
“Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror”, 1523 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Madonna of the rose”, 1529 — Dresden State Art Collections
“Antea”, 1535 — Museo di Capodimonte
“Cupid as a bow carver”, 1536 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Turkish Slave”, 1533 — Galleria nazionale di Parma
“The Vision of Saint Jerome”, 1526 — National Gallery
“Madonna of Saint Margaret”, 1529 — Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
“Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo”, 1535 — Museo del Prado
“Madonna with child”, 1527 — Courtauld Gallery
“The Circumcision”, 1523 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“Portrait of a Man in a Red Beret”, 1540 — Galleria nazionale di Parma
“Lucretia”, 1540 — Museo di Capodimonte
“The Conversion of Saint Paul”, 1527 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of a Collector”, 1524 — National Gallery
“Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons”, 1539 — Museo del Prado
“Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine”, 1524 — Galleria nazionale di Parma
“Portrait of Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale”, 1524 — Museo di Capodimonte
“Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo”, 1524 — Statens Museum for Kunst
“Saint Barbara”, 1522 — Museo del Prado
“Portrait of a man”, 1530 — Uffizi Gallery
“Man Holding a Book”, 1529 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of a Young Woman”, 1530 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Baptism of Christ”, 1519 — Gemäldegalerie
“The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine”, 1529 — National Gallery
“The Holy Family with St. John”, 1528 — Museo di Capodimonte
“Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine”, 1528 — Louvre
“The Holy Family with Angels”, 1524 — Museo del Prado
“Madonna and child with Saints Stephen and John the Baptist”, 1540 — Dresden State Art Collections
“Stufetta di Diana e Atteone”, 1524
“Bardi Altarpiece”, 1521 — Santa Maria Addolorata
“Saint with two angels”, 1523 — Städel Museum
“Boy with a Finger in His Mouth”, 1530 — Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit
“Madonna and Child with Saints”, 1530 — Uffizi Gallery
“Portrait of Pianerlotto”, 1531 — Borghese Collection
“Nativity of Christ with angels”, 1525 — Galleria Doria Pamphilj
“Nativity”, 1523 — Courtauld Gallery
“The Adoration of the Shepherds”, 1521
“The Adoration of the Magi”, 1529 — Saint Dominic monastery (Taggia)
“Portrait of a Man Reading a Book”, 1530 — York Art Gallery

Parmigianino

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