The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

St. Matthias

1623–30

Ludolph Büsinck

(German, 1590–1669)
Germany
chiaroscuro woodcut
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser 1966.733
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein V.180.12
Location: Not on view

Description

Büsinck was a leading German master of the chiaroscuro woodcut and one of only a few artists working in this medium in the 17th century. He introduced chiaroscuros to France, and almost his entire output, executed between 1623 and 1630 in Paris, appears to be based on the drawings of the painter George Lallemand. Lallemand had special presses constructed to mass-produce Büsinck's prints, the only mid 17th-century workshop in France devoted to the production of chiaroscuros.
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
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