Saints Peter and John healing the Sick

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) Italian

16th century

Not on view

Parmigianino, one of Italy’s leading Mannerists, was among the first Italian painters to experiment with the printmaking technique of etching, while in Rome in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. For this subject the artist combined two techniques, a fairly uncommon practice in this period. Employing an etched plate printed in black and a woodcut tone block inked in a light pink hue, he achieved a result similar to that of the chiaroscuro woodcut prints he would have seen in Rome. Parmigianino typically collaborated with trained printmakers to execute his designs. This print, however, is believed to be the only work he produced himself using a tone block with etching.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Catalogue Raisonné

Title: Saints Peter and John healing the Sick
Artist: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
Date: 16th century
Medium: Etching with pink tone block
Dimensions: sheet: 10 11/16 x 16 3/16 in. (27.1 x 41.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1932
Object Number: 32.58.16
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

In the same medium

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Part the First, Containing Ten Prints Engraved in Chiaroscuro...In the Collection of John Skippe, Esq.

Multiple artists/makers

n.d.

Venus and Cupid

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)

The Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.