Mannerist painter, draftsman, and etcher, Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), was an influential artist in the generation following Raphael and Michelangelo. Cecil Gould presents the art and life of one of the most masterful, sensitive, and elegant of mannerist painters.<BR>The volume includes more than sixty paintings and frescoes - from religious scenes to subtly powerful portraits - as well as drawings and etchings. The informative text presents the works in relation to their sources, techniques and patrons; as a result, the author offers new attributions and revisions of the standard chronology.