ParmigianinoAn exploration of Parmigianino's greatest Roman painting, illuminating his dynamic process of invention and the dramatic story around its creation. Parmigianino (15031540), whose nickname means "little man of Parma," was the leading painter in Parma after Correggio, and is celebrated as one of the originators of Mannerism. The Vision of Saint Jerome is his first, and only, major public undertaking from his brief period in Rome. This book explores the