Andrea Andreani. The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso), chiaroscuro woodcut, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.985. Copyrighted.

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

Andrea Andreani

Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610)

Prints

The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso). Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610), Alessandro Gandini (Italian). Chiaroscuro woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.985 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 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.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Andrea Andreani
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut
Medium: chiaroscuro, woodcut
Inscribed: Inscription: Inscribed on the step throne, in the lighter tone block: Taglio d'Alex.' Ghandini Lower center, monogrammed: A (ndrea) A(ndreani) / IN MANTOVA / MDCX
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1925.985
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Exhibitions: Seasonal Prints from the Museum Collection
Rights Statement: Copyrighted