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Sacred Conversation

1540s

Léon Davent

(French)

after Parmigianino

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

Description

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.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.48