Italian Artists Nicknames May 24, 2008
European Renaissance Artists Are Better Known by Alternate Names. Famous Western artists in 13th to 17th centuries have celebrated nicknames more famous than their given names. (Suite101.com)
Parmigianino's Antea: A Preview Oct 18, 2007
"Parmigianino's 'Antea'" at New York's Frick Collection will provide viewers with clues to the identity of a female Italian Renaissance portrait sitter. New York's prestigious will present Parmigianino's "Antea": A Beautiful Artifice this coming Winter and early Spring (January 29-April 27, 2008) ... Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1503-1540) is more commonly known as Parmigianino ("the little one from Parma"). (Suite101.com)
A retrospective, finally, for a neglected Italian artist Dec 2, 2006
At the same time, they made trips to study the painters they most admired, notably Correggio and Parmigianino in Parma, and Titian and Veronese in Venice. On show here is Annibale's copy of a volume of Vasari's "Lives of the Painters, Artists and Architects" of 1568. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A British family trove: what 500 years of taste can buy Nov 3, 2006
rer, Mantegna, Raphael, Parmigianino and many more. These extremely fine works, singled out by the duke's sophisticated eye, fill a room at the Bard Graduate Center. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Sotheby's is resilient, but in a dwindling market Jan 28, 2006
The drawing of "Saint John the Evangelist" standing was thought in olden times to be by Parmigianino, as witnessed by an early inscription in English. Done in pen and brown ink, with the sharpness of a goldsmith wielding a stylus and a sense of volume that betrays the hand of an artist familiar with sculpture, it was plausibly ascribed by Sotheby's to the "circle of Hans Holbein." Italian or German, this too was a great buy at $3,900. (International Herald Tribune)
