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The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso)

c. 1610

Andrea Andreani

(Italian, about 1558–1610)

Alessandro Gandini

(Italian)
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.985
Catalogue raisonné
Bartsch XII.65.25
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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A notarial document of 1564 refers to the artist of the print, Alessandro Gandini, as a "matematico" (mathematician), suggesting that Gandini likely dabbled in printmaking as an amateur rather than a professional practitioner.

Description

This chiaroscuro woodcut was printed from three blocks in ochre and brown. It was likely based on a preliminary monochrome drawing for an altarpiece oil painting made by Girolamo da Treviso for the Boccaferri family chapel in the basilica of San Domenico in Bologna.
A vertically oriented chiaroscuro woodcut in shades of brown and cream depicts figures with light skin tones. The Virgin Mary sits centrally, her hair tied back, as the nude Christ child leans against her. To the left, a bearded man gestures over a kneeling figure. On the right, a man with a book and staff stands beside a tree. Winged angels cluster behind her. Text below reads "IN MANTOVA MDGXV" under a monogram.

The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso)

c. 1610

Andrea Andreani, Alessandro Gandini

(Italian, about 1558–1610), (Italian)
Italy, 16th century

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