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Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)|Niccolò Vicentino

Olympus (Surprise)

ca. 1540–50
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in blue ink; third state of six
27.2 × 18.8 cm (10.7 × 7.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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