Parmagianino

=Parmigianino= ==== Francesco Mazzola, who is commonly known as Parmigianino, was an artist during the Italian Renaissance. He was an Italian Mannerist and commonly worked in Florence and Rome, where the Italian Renaissance was flourishing. He was born in 1503 in Parma, Italy. This is where he got his nickname Parmigianino from. It means “little one from Parma”. His father died soon after his birth, so he was raised by his uncles who were artists. ====

==== At the age of 18, Parmigianino created the Bardi Altarpiece. He then went to work in Viadana, and then San Giovanni. There he met the artist Correggio. In 1524 he worked in Rome until 1527 when he went moved to Bologna, and then returned back to Parma. Parmigianino also worked with etching and printmaking. While he did not create a lot of artworks this way, he still had a large effect on Italian Printmaking. He sometimes collaborated with Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, who was a famous engraver. ====

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