When Parmigianino left his native city of Parma to move to Rome in 1524 he took this painting with him and presented it to Pope Clement VII. This is the artist´s first mature work and one that already [+]
A portrait of Saint Barbara in profile on a black background. In her hands, she holds a tower, which was her symbol. A third-century Christian martyr, Saint Barbara was shut up in a tower and later de [+]
Traditionally placed in the collection as Michelangelo. This identification of the drawing seems to go back as far as the eighteenth century, when the Martelli family of Florence apparently kept it to [+]