Parmigiano - The Madonna with the long neck

Parmigiano - The Madonna with the long neck
  • Title: The Madonna with the long neck (Madonna dal collo lungo)
  • Artist: Parmigiano (1503-1540)
  • Date: 1534
  • Medium: Oil on panel
  • Dimensions: 219 x 132 cm

“The Madonna with the Long Neck” depicts an extra long Mary seated on a high pedestal in luxurious robes, holding an extremely long Jesus on her lap. Six angels crowded together on the Madonna’s right adore the Christ-child. Parmigianino started the Mannerist figura serpentinata, where bodies are elongated and curved like serpents in an unatural way.

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