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Sacred Conversation

1540s
(French)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
France, 16th century
etching
Support: Antique laid paper with unidentified flower watermark
Sheet: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2001.48
Catalogue raisonné: Zerner L.D. 57
Location: not on view
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This etching shows the Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, Joseph, and other two saints. This composition after a now-lost work by Parmigianino was frequently reproduced in early prints and drawings made in France in the 1540s.
Sacred Conversation

Sacred Conversation

1540s

Léon Davent, Parmigianino

(French), (Italian, 1503–1540)
France, 16th century

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