Lovers
by PARMIGIANINO, Etching, with engraving and drypoint, 147 x 103 mm
Parmigianino was one of the first in Italy to try etching and found the medium well suited to his temperament. A fine stroke, permitting far more nuances than in a pencil drawing, becomes in this example the conductor of the excitement possessing not just the couple who have secluded themselves in a wood but the entire natural setting, which is treated in an almost expressionist manner.