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| Parmigianino Youth & Old men ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
"Raphael's death [in 1520] had also affected the market for engravings in Rome, since the painter had helped establish a system by which painters would supply professional printmakers with ideas and designs. Raphael's own engraver, Marcantonio Raimondi, remained active, but he was now joined by Agostino dei Musi, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, and Marco Dente, among others. Rosso and Parmigianino, together with Raphael followers Perino del Vaga and Polidoro da Caravaggio, all earned incomes by providing drawings to engravers, usually with a publisher acting as a go-between."
– from A New History of Italian Renaissance Art by Stephen W. Campbell and Michael W. Cole (London : Thames and Hudson, 2012
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| Parmigianino Young Shepherd ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino St Thais ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Sleeping Cupid ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Study of left arm ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Astrology ca. 1524-40 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Parmigianino The Apostle James the Greater ca. 1524-40 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Parmigianino Two Lovers ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Entombment ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Resurrection ca. 1518-40 etching British Museum |
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| Parmigianino Annunciation ca. 1528-29 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Parmigianino Nativity ca. 1527 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Parmigianino's etching of the Nativity at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (above) is an early state, crisp and clear. The version below at the British Museum belonged to Peter Lely in the 17th century. This copy was believed then and is believed now to have been retouched and deepened with washes by the hand of Parmigianino himself.
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| Parmigianino Nativity ca. 1527 etching British Museum |