The real name of Parmigianino is Girolimo Francesco Maria Mazzola. He was the eighth son of Filippo Mazola from the city of Parma and comes from a widely spread family of craftsmen and artists. His father died early of the plague, several uncles raised the boy and promoted his numerous talents in natural sciences, music and art. At the age of 18, the young Parmigianino went to the city of Viadana and got work decorating the church of San Giovanni. Legend has it that he met the famous Italian Renaissance painter Antonio da Correggio there on the scaffolding in the dome, who became his great role model. Parmigianino himself painted the arch reveals of three side chapels in the church. Later, despite his great youth, the artist was commissioned to paint in the Cathedral of Parma, a work which again earned him great recognition.
In 1524 the artist travelled to Rome, where he was celebrated at court as the "new Raphael", whom he emulated. An example of this is his famous work "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror". Pope Clement VII even promised him a commission, the decoration of a Sales in the Vatican Church. Parmigianino continued to study and paint. Well-known works from this period are " Portrait of Lorenzo Cibo", "Madonna with Child" and Madonna with John the Baptist and St. Jerome". After his stay in Rome, Parmigianino lived in Bologna for several years and worked closely with the engraver Antonio da Trento. Later the two artists split up. As a result, Parmigianino lost all the drawings and engravings he had made during this period. When the artist left Bologna, he returned to his native Parma, where he undertook to design the barrel vault and the apse of the newly built church of Santa Maria della Steccata. Parmigianino completed the barrel vaulting, but his physical strength failed him at the apse. This was later completed by the famous fresco painter Michelangelo Anselmi. Parmigianino retired and died in 1540 at the age of only 37 years of river fever (probably malaria).
Despite his short life, the artist left many important works, which can be seen today in famous museums, such as the Hermitage in St. Petersburg or the Louvre in Paris.
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.jpg "Madonna and Child on the Clouds by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man with a Book, c1524 by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Two canephores giving their hand, on both sides of boxes by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Self Portrait at the Mirror by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of Christ by Parmigianino")
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_-_Antea_Representation_of_Sthenebee_wife_of_King_Proetos_she_falls_in_love_with_Be_-_(MeisterDrucke-1021852).jpg "Antea, Representation of Stheneboea, Wife of King Proetus by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Man with the Book by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man by Parmigianino")
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_-_Vrouwelijke_heilige_ontvangt_het_Christuskind_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374505).jpg "Female Saint Receiving the Christ Child by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Putto_from_Myth_of_Diana_and_Actaeon_-_(MeisterDrucke-1120057).jpg "Putto, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon by Parmigianino")
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_-_Circe_drinkend_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374535).jpg "Circe Drinking by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Cherub_and_Dianas_face_from_Myth_of_Diana_and_Actaeon_circa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1109873).jpg "Cherub and Diana")
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_-_Head_of_a_boy_nearly_in_profile_to_the_left_(black_chalk_on_tinted_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1090288).jpg "Head of a boy, nearly in profile to the left by Parmigianino")
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_-_Odysseus_op_het_eiland_van_Circe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1368009).jpg "Odysseus on the Island of Circe by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Heilige_Cecilia_musicerend_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374790).jpg "Saint Cecilia Playing Music by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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.jpg "Mary with Child and John the Baptist by Antonio da Trento")
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.jpg "Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl by Antonio da Trento")
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_-_Badende_nimfen_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374911).jpg "Bathing Nymphs by Ugo da Carpi (possibly)")
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_-_Circe_drinkend_-_(MeisterDrucke-1404724).jpg "Circe Drinking by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_1524_-_(MeisterDrucke-282843).jpg "The Holy Family (Rest on the Flight to Egypt) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Mucius Scaevola Puts His Hand in the Fire by Antonio da Trento")
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_-_Jonge_en_een_oude_geitenhoeder_-_(MeisterDrucke-1384582).jpg "Young and Old Goat Herder by Lucas Vorsterman (I)")
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 c1528-30 - (MeisterDrucke-129454).jpg "Portrait of a Young Man (detail) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene by Parmigianino")
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_-_Vrouwelijke_heilige_ontvangt_het_Christuskind_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374621).jpg "Female Saint Receiving the Christ Child by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Wedstrijd_tussen_Apollo_en_Marsyas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1406381).jpg "Contest Between Apollo and Marsyas by Ugo da Carpi (possibly)")
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.jpg "Justice, Mercury and Minerva Defeat the Vices While a Group of Goddesses Watch from the Clouds by Paolo Farinati")
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_-_Madonna_and_Child_Saint_Margarita_Saint_Michael_Saint_Jerome_and_Saint_Petronio_-_(MeisterDrucke-961135).jpg "Madonna and Child, Saint Margarita, Saint Michael, Saint Jerome and Saint Petronio by Parmigianino")
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_-_Heilige_SimonChristus_en_de_twaalf_apostelen_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1407798).jpg "Saint Simon (series title) by Antonio da Trento (attributed to)")
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.jpg "Study for The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, c.1527 by Parmigianino")
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_-_Jonge_en_een_oude_geitenhoeder_-_(MeisterDrucke-1373070).jpg "Young and Old Goat Herder by Lucas Vorsterman (I)")
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_-_Minerva_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375073).jpg "Minerva by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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.jpg "Maria with Child and John the Baptist, Maria with the Rose by Antonio da Trento")
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_(series_titl_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375351).jpg "Mercury Gives Minerva a Pan Flute by John B. Skippe")
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_-_Odysseus_op_het_eiland_van_Circe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1405025).jpg "Odysseus on the Island of Circe by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Filosoof_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374668).jpg "Philosopher by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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.jpg "Portrait of Antea")
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_-_Actaeon_turned_into_a_stag_is_eaten_by_his_own_dogs_from_the_Room_of_Diana_and_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-1399583).jpg "Actaeon, turned into a stag, is eaten by his own dogs (detail) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Madonna with the Long Neck by Parmigianino")
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_-_Heilige_Cecilia_musicerend_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374972).jpg "Saint Cecilia Playing Music by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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_-_Diogenes_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361546).jpg "Diogenes by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (attributed to)")
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_-_Kracht_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375100).jpg "Strength by Ugo da Carpi (possibly)")
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_-_Diogenes_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360594).jpg "Diogenes by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (attributed to)")
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.jpg "Madonna with Child and Angels, called Madonna of the Long Neck by Parmigianino")
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_-_Diana_turning_Actaeon_into_stag_scene_from_Myth_of_Diana_and_Actaeon_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115138).jpg "Diana Turning Actaeon into Stag, scene from Myth of Diana and Actaeon by Parmigianino")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360643).jpg "Saint Peter (Christ, Paul, and the Twelve Apostles series) by Schiavone")
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 (chiaroscuro woodcut) - (MeisterDrucke-111039).jpg "Diogenes, engraved by Ugo da Carpi (chiaroscuro woodcut) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Man with Lute by Antonio da Trento")
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_-_Ceres_attending_events_surrounded_by_hunting_dogs_and_cherubs_from_Myth_of_Diana_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110042).jpg "Ceres Attending Events Surrounded by Hunting Dogs and Cherubs, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Holy Family with Young John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene by Giulio Bonasone")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by Parmigianino")
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_-_Minerva_-_(MeisterDrucke-1357040).jpg "Minerva by Cornelis Visscher (II)")
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_(series_title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375381).jpg "Standing Saint (Amicis suis necnon unicuique ...) by John B. Skippe")
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_-_Heilige_FilippusChristus_en_de_twaalf_apostelen_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374591).jpg "Saint Philip Christ and the Twelve Apostles (series title) by Antonio da Trento (attributed to)")
_-_Heilige_FilippusChristus_en_de_twaalf_apostelen_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374591).jpg)
_-_Study_of_a_mans_right_arm_his_hand_holding_a_stick_(red_chalk_on_white_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1090304).jpg "Study of a man")
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_-_Diana_op_jacht_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374415).jpg "Diana Hunting by Antonio da Trento (possibly)")
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.jpg "The Visitation by Hendrick Goltzius")
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_(series_title_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375396).jpg "John the Evangelist with Chalice (Amicis suis necnon unicuique ...) by John B. Skippe")
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 Receiving the World c1529 - (MeisterDrucke-165668).jpg "Emperor Charles V Receiving the World, c.1529 by Parmigianino")
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_-_Heilige_familie_met_de_heilige_Anna_-_(MeisterDrucke-1359627).jpg "Holy Family with Saint Anne by Johann Sadeler (I)")
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_-_Sainte_Barbe_Peinture_de_Francesco_Mazzola_Il_Parmigianino_dit_Le_Parmesan_(1503_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320574).jpg "Saint Barbara by Parmigianino")
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_-_St_Lucy_and_St_Apollonia_c1523_(fresco)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1407969).jpg "St Lucy and St Apollonia, c.1523 by Parmigianino")
_-_St_Lucy_and_St_Apollonia_c1523_(fresco)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1407969).jpg)
_-_Hoop_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375050).jpg "Hope by Ugo da Carpi (possibly)")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child Seated on Clouds by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Adoration by the Shepherds by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio")
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_-_St_Hilary_of_Poitiers_by_Francesco_Mazzola_known_as_Parmigianino_(1503-1540)_fre_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123533).jpg "St Hilary of Poitiers by Francesco Mazzola, Known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), Fresco, Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma by Parmigianino")
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_-_Actaeon_turned_into_stag_by_Diana_detail_of_the_Diane_and_Acteon_hall_-_(MeisterDrucke-1082277).jpg "Actaeon turned into stag by Diana, (detail) of the Diane and Acteon hall by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Bow-carving Amor by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Adoration of the Shepherds by Parmigianino")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-72566).jpg "Study of a Head by Parmigianino")
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_-_Cherub_detail_from_Myth_of_Diana_and_Actaeon_circa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110147).jpg "Cherub (detail) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, ca 1524 by Parmigianino")
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_-_Detail_of_a_fresco_of_the_room_of_Diane_(Artemis)_and_Acteon_by_Francesco_Mazzol_-_(MeisterDrucke-1064185).jpg "Detail of a Fresco of the Room of Diane (Artemis) and Acteon by Francesco Mazzola (Parmigianino) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Christ heals lepers by Niccolo Vicentino")
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.jpg "Naked Man in a Landscape by Antonio da Trento")
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.jpg "Saints Peter and John Healing the Sick at the Gates of the Temple, c. 1530 by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man Malatesta Baglione, c.1535 by Parmigianino")
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_-_Actaeons_transformation_into_stag_from_Myth_of_Diana_and_Actaeon_circa_1524_by_F_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110149).jpg "Actaeon")
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_-_Madonna_dal_collo_lungo_(Madonna_with_long_neck)_painting_by_Girolamo_Fra_Mazzol_-_(MeisterDrucke-945706).jpg "Madonna with Long Neck by Parmigianino")
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_-_Heilige_Judas_TaddeuesChristus_en_de_twaalf_apostelen_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1374629).jpg "Saint Jude Thaddeus by Antonio da Trento (attributed to)")
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.jpg "Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda by Niccolo Vicentino")
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.jpg "Venus Disarming Cupid by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Mary with the Christ Child and Saints by Giulio Bonasone")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Shepherds by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Head of a Man with Plumed Helmet by Wenceslaus Hollar")
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.jpg "Mary with Child and John the Baptist by Antonio da Trento")
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.jpg "Mercury Gives Minerva a Pan Flute by Giulio Bonasone")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with Angels (Madonna with the Long Neck) by Parmigianino")
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_-_Putti_and_Glimpse_of_sky_circa_1524_by_Francesco_Mazzola_known_as_Parmigianino_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123799).jpg "Putti and Glimpse of Sky (detail) by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine, late 1520s by Parmigianino")
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_(series_title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1375370).jpg "Standing Saint (Amicis suis necnon unicuique ...) by John B. Skippe")
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.jpg "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl by Antonio da Trento")
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.jpg "Bow-carving Cupid, Between 1534 and 1540 by Parmigianino")
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_-_Self-portrait_imposed_on_preliminary_studies_for_two_canephori_of_the_Steccata_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087745).jpg "Self-Portrait, Imposed on Preliminary Studies for Two Canephori of the Steccata by Parmigianino")
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_-_Figure_Studies_Woman_Holding_a_Baby_Man_Pursued_by_Another_Nude_Woman_Lying_on_G_-_(MeisterDrucke-1104635).jpg "Figure Studies: Woman Holding a Baby; Man Pursued by Another; Nude Woman Lying on Ground; Hercules and the Nemean Lion by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "Cupid Sleeping by Parmigianino")
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.jpg "The Nativity of Christ by Parmigianino")
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