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Bartolomeo Coriolano

St. Jerome

Maker

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, fl. 1627-1653)
After Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), designer

Title

St. Jerome

Year

1637/40

Medium

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in light blue gray,
  • medium blue gray,
  • and black

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in light blue gray,
  • medium blue gray,
  • and black

Materials

chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 29.5 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL corner: "Guid. Rhen. Inven. Barthol. Coriolanus Eques Sculpsit Bonon. 1637"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.138

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

A Matter of Tone
Chiaroscuro Woodblock Prints, 1520-1800
Jul 16, 2004 – Oct 31, 2004

Label copy

Bartolomeo Coriolano made 18 chiaroscuro prints after Guido Reni’s designs, but his work was not always appreciated by that temperamental artist. Contemporary biographer Carlo Cesare Malvasia reported that Reni ordered an engraving of his chiaroscuro painting Fall of the Giants from a French engraver “whose work satisfied Guido more than did the wood engravings made on three plates with much effort by Coriolano, who claimed to have corrected and improved many things in his prints and always irritated Guido with them” (Catherine and Robert Enggass, trans. and intro., The Life of Guido Reni. University Park and London: 1980, p. 104). Perhaps Reni also objected to Coriolano’s pride, revealed in this print by the inclusion of Coriolano’s coat of arms (a cross above three wings), as well as “Eques” (“Knight”), a reference to his title of “Cavaliere di Loreto,” given him by Pope Urban VIII.

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Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, fl. 1627-1653)
After Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), designer
St. Jerome, 1637/40
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in light blue gray, medium blue gray, and black
Plate: 29.5 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches)
Gift of Henry D. Sharpe 50.138

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