Sacred Conversation (1540s): Art, History and Details
Sacred Conversation at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1540s, etching. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Sacred Conversation (1540s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Léon Davent (French); Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Sacred Conversation
- Date: 1540s
- Creator attribution: Léon Davent (French); Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)
- Culture: France
- Type: Print
- Technique: etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 2001.48
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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