Chiaroscuro Woodcut Collection (#2)

The Poacher, Dunes of Saint Jean de Mont, 1901. Creator: Auguste Louis Lepere (French
The Poacher, Dunes of Saint Jean de Mont, 1901

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Marching with Trophies of War, 1593-99. Creator
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Marching with Trophies of War, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Vases, 1593-99. Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian)
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Vases, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius Caesar

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying the Pictures of War, 1593-99. Creator
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying the Pictures of War, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Frontispiece, 1593-99. Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Frontispiece, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius Caesar

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Colossal Statues and Siege Equipment, 1593-99. Creator
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Colossal Statues and Siege Equipment, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius

The Triumph of Julius Caesar, 1593-99. Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558-1610)
The Triumph of Julius Caesar, 1593-99. Commissioned by Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, this series of chiaroscuro woodcuts reproduces Andrea Mantegnas Triumph of Julius Caesar, painted a century earlier

The Rape of Europa, 1725-42. Creator: Nicolas LeSueur (French, 1691-1764)
The Rape of Europa, 1725-42. Whereas in the 16th and 17th centuries chiaroscuro woodcuts were the artists original conception or copies of contemporaneous designs

The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1585. Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558-1610)
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1585. The legend of the Sabine women relates to Romes early history when, to ensure the future population of the city

The Abduction of a Sabine Woman. Creator: Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558-1610)
The Abduction of a Sabine Woman. Andreanis woodcut presents a view of Giambolognas marble sculpture The Abduction of a Sabine Woman, unveiled in 1583 in Florence

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479-c. 1532)
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul, c. 1527-1530 / 1531. Creator: Antonio da Trento (Italian, c)
The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul, c. 1527-1530/1531. The workshop of Parmigianino was one of the chief centers of chiaroscuro printmaking in the 1500s

The Lovers Surprised by Death, 1510. Creator: Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473-1531)
The Lovers Surprised by Death, 1510. This is the earliest known chiaroscuro woodcut to be composed of a line block and two tone blocks rather than just one tone block

The Resting Place, 1904. Creator: Auguste Louis Lepere (French, 1849-1918)
The Resting Place, 1904

St. Matthias, 1623-30. Creator: Ludolph Büsinck (German, 1590-1669)
St. Matthias, 1623-30. Businck was a leading German master of the chiaroscuro woodcut and one of only a few artists working in this medium in the 17th century

St. Christopher, c. 1509. Creator: Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553)
St. Christopher, c. 1509

The Breaking Waves, Tide of September 1901, 1901. Creator: Auguste Louis Lepere (French
The Breaking Waves, Tide of September 1901, 1901

Proserpine. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Proserpine

Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch, 1518-27. Creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c
Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch, 1518-27. As the innovator of the chiaroscuro process in Italy, Ugos greatest achievement was the use of three

Seven Deities: Nox (Night), 1588-1590. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Seven Deities: Nox (Night), 1588-1590. Goltzius, famous as an engraver and painter, was the most important advocate of chiaroscuro woodcuts in the Netherlands

Nox. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Nox

Neptune. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Neptune

Man of Sorrows Seated on the Cross, c. 1522. Creator: Hans Weiditz (German, c. 1495-c
Man of Sorrows Seated on the Cross, c. 1522

Mucius Scaevola, 1608. Creator: Unknown
Mucius Scaevola, 1608

Hercules Driving Envy from the Temple of the Muses, 1522-24. Creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c)
Hercules Driving Envy from the Temple of the Muses, 1522-24. In this allegory, not linked to a particular myth, Hercules applies his brute force in the service of art and knowledge

God Appearing to Isaac, 1723. Creator: Antonio Maria I Zanetti (Italian, 1680-1757)
God Appearing to Isaac, 1723

From a set of 4 Landscapes: Cliffon the seashore. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
From a set of 4 Landscapes: Cliffon the seashore

The Knight and Lansquenet, c. 1512. Creator: Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480 / 85-aft 1526)
The Knight and Lansquenet, c. 1512. By 1509 colour prints were successfully produced by printing the line block in black but using a second block to print the background colour

Christ and the Apostles: St. Thomas (with the Square), 1600s. Creator: Ludolph Büsinck
Christ and the Apostles: St. Thomas (with the Square), 1600s

Christ and the Apostles: St. Judas Thaddeus (with the Club), 1600s. Creator: Ludolph Büsinck
Christ and the Apostles: St. Judas Thaddeus (with the Club), 1600s

Christ Healing the Lepers, 1608. Creator: Guiseppe Rossigliani (Italian, c. 1510-)
Christ Healing the Lepers, 1608. The double A cipher in the lower-right corner belongs to Andrea Andreani who, after 1599

Diana and Endymion. Creator: Nicolas LeSueur (French, 1691-1764)
Diana and Endymion. Chiaroscuro drawings were executed on paper coloured a middle tone. While black or brown wash was used to create shadows

Diogenes, c. 1524-1527. Creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479-c. 1532)
Diogenes, c. 1524-1527. Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who lived during the 300s BC. The bird in the background alludes to his cynical response to Plato

La Procession de la Fete-Dieu a Nantes, 1901. Creator: Auguste Louis Lepere (French
La Procession de la Fete-Dieu a Nantes, 1901

Descent from the Cross. Creator: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479-c. 1532)
Descent from the Cross

Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, c. 1588. Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, c. 1588. Not all witches were women; men also performed magic. Unlike the destructive and sexualized stereotypes of female witches

Crucifixion, 1741. Creator: John Baptist Jackson (British, 1701-c. 1780)
Crucifixion, 1741

Eneas Carrying Anchises, his Father, from the Burning of Troy, 1723

David Playing the Harp before Saul, 1555. Creator: Frans Floris (Dutch, 1519-1570)
David Playing the Harp before Saul, 1555. The soothing effect of Davids music upon the melancholic King Saul, as relayed in the Old Testament and depicted here by Frans Floris

Cupid dancing with two allegorical women, 1612. Creator: Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571-1638)
Cupid dancing with two allegorical women, 1612

An Old Man Standing, 1725. Creator: Antonio Maria I Zanetti (Italian, 1680-1757)
An Old Man Standing, 1725. A native of Venice, Zanetti, an artist and collector, also acted as an agent, arranging sales and commissions since he knew both the leading artists

A Woman Standing at the Foot of a Tree Holding an Infant, with a Seated Boy, 1724

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