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Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola known as Parmigianino (1503 – 1540)

• Was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker.
• He was active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma.
• His work is characterized by a "refined sensuality" and often elongation of forms. 
• Parmigianino died of a fever in Casalmaggiore on 24 August 1540 at the age of 37 years.
• He produced drawings, and was one of the first Italian painters to experiment with printmaking himself.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Parmigianino, The Conversion of St Paul, c. 1527-28.
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