Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis
1585
Andrea Andreani
Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610)
Prints
Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis, 1585. Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610), after Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1626). Chiaroscuro woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fortieth Anniversary Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of William Mathewson Milliken 1960.19 Printed from four blocks in brown, this chiaroscuro woodcut shows the Virgin and Child flanked by the infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis at right. Saint Catherine of Siena takes place on the left, and holds a flower. The CMA owns another version of this chiaroscuro woodcut, which differs in the color of the ink used to print it (1949.81).
- Maker/Artist
- Andrea Andreani
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Medium
- chiaroscuro, woodcut
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Lettered upper left: (J)acopo Ligozio Veronese Pittor'del / (Se)reniss Gran Duca di Tosc Inven / (A)ndrea Andriano / (M)ant.o.Intagliator.e /All Ill.o Signor / Nicolo Gaddi / in Fiorenza / °1585°
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1960.19
- Credit Line
- Fortieth Anniversary Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of William Mathewson Milliken
- Exhibitions
- Portrait of Madonna, Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty, A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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