Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man at the Golden Gate
1528
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1528
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This etching shows two men in robes touching a crippled man’s legs at a gate. The scene looks calm but the lines are sharp and detailed. The crippled man’s hopeful face stands out while the others stay quiet. Parmigianino used a needle to scratch lines onto a metal plate, then inked it. The process lets him make prints with fine lines and deep shadows. Check out Parmigianino for more prints like this.
