Madonna and Child with a Bishop / Andrea Andreani

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Accession Number
2007/2.146
Title
Madonna and Child with a Bishop
Artist Nationality
Italian
Artist Life Dates
1558/59-1629
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)
Style/Group/Movement
Baroque
Dimensions
28.3 cm x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 in. x 8 7/16 in.)
Century
16th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
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.
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Image Size
2432 x 3243
File Size
498 KB
Record
2007/2.146
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.146/2007_2.146.jpg

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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 19, 2024.
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