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Parmigianino

1503 - 1540

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Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 1503 – 24 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (UK: , US: , Italian: [parmidʒaˈniːno]; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. His work is characterized by a "refined sensuality" and often elongation of forms and includes Vision of Saint Jerome (1527) and the iconic if somewhat anomalous Madonna with the Long Neck (1534), and he remains the best known artist of the first generation whose whole careers fall into the Mannerist period. His prodigious and individual talent has always been recognised, but his career was disrupted by war, especially the Sack of Rome in 1527, three years after he moved there, and then ended by his death at 37. He produced outstanding drawings, and was one of the first Italian painters to experiment with printmaking himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Parmigianino is the 118th most popular painter (up from 124th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Italy (down from 457th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Painter.

Parmigianino is most famous for his use of chiaroscuro in his paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Parmigianino ranks 118 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, and Andrea del Sarto. After him are Francis Bacon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Juan Gris, Giorgio de Chirico, Raja Ravi Varma, and Annibale Carracci.

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Among people born in 1503, Parmigianino ranks 6. Before him are Nostradamus, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Bronzino, Isabella of Portugal, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After him are Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Robert Estienne, and Gerolama Orsini. Among people deceased in 1540, Parmigianino ranks 2. Before him is John Zápolya. After him are Rosso Fiorentino, Angela Merici, Thomas Cromwell, Francesco Guicciardini, Juan Luis Vives, Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Dawit II, Guillaume Budé, and Joos van Cleve.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Parmigianino ranks 479 out of 5,161. Before him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Simone Martini (1284), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Andrea Doria (1466), Vittorio De Sica (1901), and Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857). After him are Alessandro Cagliostro (1743), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Pope John XVIII (970), Pope Zephyrinus (150), and Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Parmigianino ranks 37. Before him are Guido Reni (1575), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Pontormo (1494), Simone Martini (1284), and Andrea del Sarto (1486). After him are Annibale Carracci (1560), Zeuxis (-500), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Antonello da Messina (1430), Filippino Lippi (1457), and Gentile Bellini (1429).

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