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Antonio da Trento, woodcutter

The Tiburtine Sibyl Showing the Virgin and Child to Augustus, ca. 1527-1530

Description

Maker

  • After Francesco Mazzuoli, called II Parmigianino, 1503-1540, Italian, designer
  • Antonio da Trento, ca. 1510-ca. 1550, Italian, woodcutter

Title

The Tiburtine Sibyl Showing the Virgin and Child to Augustus

Year

ca. 1527-1530

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in blue and black

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Cream paper

Dimensions

Sight: 34.3 x 26 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Robinson and her children in memory of Professor Charles A. Robinson, Jr.

Object Number

65.061

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Matter of Tone

July 16 - October 31, 2004

In his Lives of the Artists, 16th-century chronicler Giorgio Vasari lists this print and Seated Man Seen from Behind among four chiaroscuro woodcuts by Antonio da Trento, who was hired by Parmigianino to reproduce his designs.

As told in The Golden Legend, the Sibyl, a female prophet, revealed to Emperor Augustus a vision of the Virgin and Christ Child, who would eclipse all the Roman gods. This popular tale connected Ancient and Christian Rome, implying foreknowledge of the coming of Christ by the greatest of Roman emperors.

The collaboration between Antonio da Trento and Parmigianino ended unexpectedly. Vasari records that Parmigianino awoke one morning to discover that the printmaker had stolen Parmigianino’s drawings and all his prints (or perhaps copper plates and blocks—Vasari’s text may be translated either way). The blocks were eventually recovered, but Antonio was never heard from again.

Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera

February 22 - March 25, 1973

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

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