He was at work on the piece during the 1527 sack of Rome, when the armies of Charles V invaded the city. According to an account by fellow artist Giorgio Vasari, troops burst into Parmigianino’s ...
...Mannerism. The Great Escape: The Sack of Rome in 1527 forced many Italian artists to flee abroad, taking the revolutionary art movement with them. (3 of 3) Also in ...