Adoration of the Shepherds
circa 1525-26
16th century
11.8 cm x 7.8 cm (4 5/8 in. x 3 1/16 in.)
Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola)
(Parma, Italy, 1503 - 1540, Casalmaggiore, Italy)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Italian
Medium and Support:
Etching with drypoint
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.83
This etching is one of Parmigianino’s many interpretations of the theme. Its small size, seeming informality, and sketchy articulation dramatize his appreciation of etching’s conceptual and procedural relation to drawing.