Wilton album, folio 28b: The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene and a Male Saint
On folio 28 with one other print: 27.78.1(124)
Inscribed in pen and ink below the print: 'This they say is Etch'd by Parmi which Bonason finished by Graving'
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
Undescribed by Batrsch, this print was attributed to Battista del Moro by Meyer. The design is based on a drawing in red chalk by Parmigianino in the same orientation, now at the Teylers Museum in Haarlem (B. 007; Popham 1971, no. 148). The plate is executed in a mixed technique of etching and engraving
Inscribed in pen and ink below the print: 'This they say is Etch'd by Parmi which Bonason finished by Graving'
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
Undescribed by Batrsch, this print was attributed to Battista del Moro by Meyer. The design is based on a drawing in red chalk by Parmigianino in the same orientation, now at the Teylers Museum in Haarlem (B. 007; Popham 1971, no. 148). The plate is executed in a mixed technique of etching and engraving
Artwork Details
- Title: Wilton album, folio 28b: The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene and a Male Saint
- Artist: Attributed to Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona ca. 1515–ca. 1573 Murano)
- Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
- Date: 1550–70
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (14 × 19.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.78.1(125)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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