Artwork

Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head

Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head, by Parmigianino, chalk, 1531
Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head, by Parmigianino, chalk, 1531

Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head is a chalk drawing by the Renaissance artist Parmigianino. It dates from 1531 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Parmigianino

Artist

Parmigianino

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 1503 – 24 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (UK: , US: , Italian: ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist…

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