Description
In chiaroscuro woodcutting, lines stand in relief, printed in different colors and shades. Several printing blocks are used so that the forms seem strongly modeled, with striking contrasts of light and dark. Bartolomeo Coriolano used the medium to transform Guido Reni’s delicately slumbering cupid into a monumental figure with strong diagonal accents in his bow and wings.
Accession Number
147616
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in grayish-green and black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.8 × 37.8 cm (11 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 38 cm (11 15/16 × 15 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Credit Line
Katharine Shea Memorial Fund
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