Man seated viewed from behind (Narcissus)
Antonio da Trento Italian
After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) Italian
Not on view
Upon returning to Bologna after the Sack of Rome in 1527, Parmigianino started working with the printmaker Antonio da Trento, who, according to the sixteenth-century artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari, also lived with the artist. Their collaboration led to highly skilled compositions, including 'Narcissus' from Ovid’s 'Metamorphoses'. Two blocks inked with different hues of brown provide the middle tones, the outlines from the keyblock are printed in black, and the exposed white of the paper creates the highlights. Though the relationship between Parmigianino and Antonio da Trento was initially productive, it soon ended when, in Vasari’s telling, the printmaker left the artist’s home one morning having stolen numerous prints and drawings.
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