Madonna and Child with a Bishop / Andrea Andreani
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.146
- Title
- Madonna and Child with a Bishop
- Artist
- Andrea Andreani
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558/59-1629
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1591
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Tuscany (region)
- Siena (province)
- Siena (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Tuscany (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Siena (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Siena (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 28.3 cm x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 in. x 8 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Physical Description
- A woman sits on the left holding a nude infant in her lap. An aureole of light radiates around her head as she looks downward toward the child, who returns her gaze. A bearded bishop wearing a miter and holding a crosier kneels before them on the right.
- Subject Matter
- This chiaroscuro woodcut depicts the Virgin and Child being adored by an unidentified bishop. The print was made after a drawing by the Sienese painter Alessandro Casolani (ca. 1552-1607) by the Mantuan artist Andrea Andreani, who resided in Siena from 1586 until 1593. Andreani excelled at creating complex chiaroscuro woodcuts printed from multiple blocks. While some of his grandest prints incorporated forty blocks, this more humble example nevertheless seamlessly integrates four different blocks to produce a single image.
- Secondary Keywords
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- accessories worn on the head
- children (people by age group)
- christian clergy
- clergy
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- headgear
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- symbols of office
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- woodcuts
- youth
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2432 x 3243
- File Size
- 498 KB
- Record
- 2007/2.146
- Link to this Item
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"Madonna and Child with a Bishop; Andrea Andreani." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.146/2007_2.146.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.