# Marriage of the Virgin

- By: Follower of Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
- Date: c. 1575
- Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, corrected with touches of lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 26.9 × 42.2 cm (10 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/50390)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e0e785dc-8d62-309f-6d56-5d40ac52a4e2/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Parmigianino's assimilation of Raphael and the Roman School was very influential for the next generation of Mannerist draftsmen. This large and impressive sheet, once thought to be by Parmigianino himself, is freely derived from a drawing by him in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, which relies heavily on Raphael's Vatican frescoes.

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