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The Adoration of the Magi

c. 1545

Jean Mignon

(French, active c. 1535–55)

after Luca Penni

(Italian, 1500/04–1557)
France, 16th century
etching
Sheet: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32 x 43.1 cm (12 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1989.41
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch 14 (XVI.381)
Location: Not on view

Description

Printmaking at Fontainebleau flourished briefly during the 1540s and seems to have stopped altogether by 1547. Jean Mignon was one of the four major etchers whose works are most closely associated with the workshop there. Almost all of Mignon's prints reproduce drawings by Luca Penni (1500/4–1557), an Italian painter active at the chateau. The elegantly elongated figures reflect the influence of Italian Mannerists, especially Parmigianino.
  • purchased from (Artemis, London)
  • E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78. Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 76, no. 168 www.jstor.org
  • Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
    The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).
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