Bardi Altarpiece

It is recorded as the work of Parmigianino. Materials recorded for it are tempera and panel. The record gives 1521 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is associated with High Renaissance. Recorded genres are religious art. The recorded subject matter is sacra conversazione. It is recorded in the collection of Santa Maria Addolorata.

• Title — Bardi Altarpiece • Artist — Parmigianino • Year — 1521 • Medium — Tempera on panel • Height Metric — 203 • Width Metric — 130 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • Museum — Chiesa di Santa Maria Addolorata (Bardi) • City — Bardi

In 1521 Parma was invaded by the imperial-papal troops under Prospero Colonna, in the course of the Italian Wars. The young Parmigianino, then seventeen, was sent by his family to Viadana to his cousin's house. According to Italian late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, there Parmigianino painted two tempera panels: St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata (lost) and the Marriage of St. Catherine, which was placed in the church of San Pietro. The latter was stolen in 1629, during the War of Mantuan Succession, and brought to Parma. Later, in unknown circumstances, it was transferred to the current location in Bardi, a town near Parma: here, in 1860, members of the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma recognized as by Parmigianino, although the identification remained disputed until the 1930s.