A man and his wife looking at each other, with their son; in the background, a bearded man and a woman looking away from each other. Etching and woodcut by A. Pond, 1734, after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

  • Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
Date:
1734
Reference:
2496890i
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Description

If characters from myth, rather than from imagination, perhaps Hector and Andromache with Astyanax in the foreground, with Priam and Helen behind

Publication/Creation

1734

Physical description

1 print : etching and woodcut ; image and lettering 15.1 x 10.1 cm

Contributors

Lettering

E musao Dni. Jonathanis Richardson. Fran. Parm. inv. ; AP 1734

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 5815, p. 487 ("Zwei Greise, zwei Frauen, und ein Kind ... Pond und Knapton 12")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2496890i

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