Parmigianino, January 11, 1503–August 24, 1540, was an Italian painter, draftsman, and printmaker born Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola in Parma. After his father’s early death, he was raised and trained by his painter uncles Michele and Pier Ilario Mazzola and encountered Correggio’s work in Parma.

He moved to Rome in 1524, studied the work of Raphael and Michelangelo, and became associated with the development of Mannerism. After the Sack of Rome in 1527, he worked in Bologna before returning to Parma, producing portraits, altarpieces, frescoes, drawings, and etchings.

His later projects included the decorations of Santa Maria della Steccata and Madonna and Child with Angels/Madonna with the Long Neck, both unfinished at his death in Casalmaggiore at age thirty-seven. His works are held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Museo del Prado, National Gallery, Uffizi Galleries, Royal Collection, and J. Paul Getty Museum.

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