Entombment
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (33.2 x 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1300
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created around 1527–30, Parmigianino’s *Entombment* captures a pivotal moment in Christian narrative: the burial of Christ following the Crucifixion. The Italian artist, whose full name was Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, was a leading figure of the Mannerist movement. His work often features graceful, elongated figures and a refined elegance that departed from the balanced harmony of the High Renaissance. This etching reflects the emotional intensity of the scene through its carefully arranged group of mourners surrounding Christ’s body. As a print medium, etching allowed Parmigianino to e...
About the Artist
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) · 1503–1540
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, known as Parmigianino, was born on January 11, 1503, in Parma, into a family of artists. The eighth child of painter Filippo Mazzola and Donatella Abbati, he lost his father to the plague at age two and was raised by his uncles, Michele and Pier Ilario Mazzola, modestly talented painters who taught him the techniques of the craft. By his late teens, Parmigianino d...