Saint James the Greater (n.d.): Artwork and History

Saint James the Greater (n.d.) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

In this etching copying Parmigianino’s Saint James the Greater, three-quarters of the upper margin has been trimmed away, leaving only the tip of the saint’s standard emerging from the top. The form of the etching itself conjured up this alteration, and another impression, at the British Museum, which has also been altered in this fashion.

Object facts

• Title: Saint James the Greater
• Date: n.d.
• Artist attribution: Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
• Place of origin: Italy
• Medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper
• Dimensions: Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 13.2 × 6.3 cm (5 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1887.316

Collection credit

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

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