Vaccaro, Mary. PARMIGIANINO: The Paintings. Essay by Antonio Pinelli; 252 pp., 96 color plates, over 50 b&w figures. 4to, cloth. Turin-London-Venice-New York, Umberto Allemandi, 2002.
Presenting a well-illustrated analysis of the paintings and the iconographical themes of this 16th-century artist's altar paintings.

Franklin, David, with David Ekserdjian. The Art of PARMIGIANINO. 290 pp., 90 color plates, 106 color and b&w figures. 4to, cloth. New Haven and London, Yale University Press in association with Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, 2003.
This book, published in conjunction with a travelling exhibition, reassesses Parmigianino's work as a draftsman, discussing in detain more that 80 of the artist's works on paper selected from museums around the world.

Ekserdjian,David. PARMIGIANINO. ix and 306 pp., 292 color and b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2006.
Parmigianino had perhaps the elegant style of all the High Renaissance Masters. He was also among the first Italian painters to publish engravings of his own works, thereby spreading his reputation throughout Europe. This book is a complete study of his life and work which includes reproductions of several important paintings that have recently been cleaned and restored.

Casalmaggiore, Centro Culturale Santa Chiara. PARMIGIANINO e la pratica dell'alchimia. 136 pp., illustrated throughout in color and b&w. 4to, wraps. Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2003.
Text in Italian.