# Group of Nine Standing Figures

**Parmigianino** (Italian, 1503–1540)  
1524/27  
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card  
12.4 × 13.1 cm (4 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978.275. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/52668).

## About this work

Parmigianino painted this in 1524/27, aged about 21. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Parmigianino](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/parmigianino)

Italian, 1503–1540

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 21
- Real size: about 4½ × 5 in (12 × 13 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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