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Antonio Maria Zanetti I

St. John in the Desert with an Angel and the Lamb

Description

Maker

Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680-1757)
After Francesco Mazzuoli, called II Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540), designer

Title

St. John in the Desert with an Angel and the Lamb

Year

1725

Medium

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in blue and black

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in blue and black

Materials

chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 21.4 x 13.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

50.232

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

Venetian artist and collector Antonio Maria Zanetti claimed to have revived the art of chiaroscuro printmaking. He is best known for his prints after a group of Parmigianino drawings, which he bought in England in 1720 from the collection of the Earl of Arundel. Although the blocks were mostly cut in the 1720s, Zanetti gathered the prints in several volumes in 1731, 1739, and 1749. Unlike earlier artists, Zanetti often chose vividly contrasting colors rather than varying shades of the same color. As a result, the prints look less like the subtle tonal washes of the drawings.

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Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680-1757)
After Francesco Mazzuoli, called II Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540), designer
St. John in the Desert with an Angel and the Lamb, 1725
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in blue and black
Plate: 21.4 x 13.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 50.232

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