Madonna with the Long Neck | |
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Italian: Madonna dal collo lungo | |
Artist | Parmigianino |
Year | 1535-40 |
Type | Oil on wood |
Movement | Mannerism |
Dimensions | 216 cm × 132 cm (85 in × 52 in) |
Location | Uffizi, Florence |
The Madonna with the Long Neck (Italian: Madonna dal collo lungo), also known as Madonna and Long Child with Angels and St. Jerome, is an Italian Mannerist oil painting by Parmigianino, dating from c. 1535-1540 and depicting Madonna and Child with angels. The painting was begun in 1534 for the funerary chapel of Francesco Tagliaferri[1] in Parma, but remained incomplete on Parmigianino's death in 1540. Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, purchased it in 1698 and it has been on display at the Uffizi since 1948.[2]