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Description: | RU inscr. in pencil v. "Roscoe's catalogue 1273"; inscr. in pencil v. "SC10696"; inscr. in pencil v. "255"; inscr. in pencil v. "BXII. 90. 7"; stamped v. "JAMcC" CRE TRENTO, Antonio da; (Italian; c. 1508-after1550) AFTER PARMIGIANINO, Francesco Mazzola; (Italian; 1503-1540) Printed from two blocks in the Camaieu technique of woodcutting. This is one of the four prints attributed to da Trento by Vasari and so was probably executed while Parmigianino lived in Bologna 1527-1530. In 1530 he witnessed the coronation there of the Emperor Charles V and painted his portrait. This woodcut reproduces a lost design which, in characteristic Renaissance vein, links ancient Roman culture with Christianity. According to Christian legend, when the Emperor Augustus consulted the Tiburtine Sibyl (a prophetess) about his own deification, she revealed to him a vision of the enthroned Virgin with Christ, reminding him of his mortal status. The Emperor, it has been observed, is shown bearded - unlike Augustus who was clean shaven - so it is possible that Parmigianino intended an allegory in which the Emperor Charles V pays homage to the Virgin and Child. Certainly Parmigianino was followed by other artists who used the prophecy retrospectively to involve thee emperor. For example, the French court painter Antoine Caron painted the Emperor Charles IX similarly being shown the vision by the Sibyl (see Yates, Astraea, p. 145). | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | RELIGION : DEATH : FIGURE : MALE : MYTHOLOGY : FEMALE : ANGEL : CLASSICAL : RUIN : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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