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Parmigianino

American  
[pahr-mi-juh-nee-noh, pahr-mee-jah-nee-naw] / ˌpɑr mɪ dʒəˈni noʊ, ˌpɑr mi dʒɑˈni nɔ /
Italian Parmigiano

noun

  1. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, 1503–40, Italian painter.


Parmigianino British  
/ parmidʒaˈnino /

noun

  1. Also: Parmigiano. real name Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola. 1503–40, Italian painter, one of the originators of mannerism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But the entry also cited several experts who believed it was by Parmigianino himself.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2018

Ashbery may be best known for “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” an elusive consideration of the Parmigianino painting that spirals into a 15-page magnum opus about perception, art, and consciousness.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2017

But today’s announcement, all totaled, would significantly exceed the $31.5 million believed to have been paid for the Parmigianino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017

I discuss Stendhal and Parma’s psychology in a chapter called “Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” a reference to Parmigianino, who painted there.

From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2010

It is rather, likewise, from a resemblance of style, than upon historical authority, that one Pomponio Amidano has been enumerated among the pupils of Parmigianino.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi

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