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Andrea Andreani

Virtue Attacked by Love, Ignorance, Opinion and Error

Description

Maker

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629), woodcutter
After Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547-1626), designer

Title

Virtue Attacked by Love, Ignorance, Opinion and Error

Year

1585

Medium

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light,
  • medium,
  • and dark ochre and black

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light,
  • medium,
  • and dark ochre and black

Materials

chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 47.2 x 32.5 cm (18 9/16 x 12 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Francisco Medici Sereniss:o Magno Ethrurie Duci Andreas Andreanus [...] ac Dicavit. Iacobus Logitius Veronens[is] invenit ac pinxit"; and LR: "Firenze 1585"

Identification

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch XII.130.9.ii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Winslow Ames in memory of Mrs. Malcolm Chace

Object Number

51.021

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

Virtue, who has already dropped her scepter, sword, and scales of justice, battles Love (the cupid), Ignorance (with a mask), Opinion (the woman with donkey’s ears), and Error (with batwing ears). This allegory would have appealed to humanist scholars at the court of Medici Grand Duke Francesco I, who would have also appreciated the virtuoso display of figures in complicated poses.

Despite the complexity of the subject and of the fine lines of the block, the printing of the impression reveals some of the problems inherent in chiaroscuro technique. The lightest ochre ink was unevenly absorbed by the paper when printed. The alignment (registration) of the blocks for printing the different colors is noticeably off. Traces of the darkest ochre at the top left corner reveal the accidental printing of the gouge marks in the block for the darkest tone.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629), woodcutter
After Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547-1626), designer
Virtue Attacked by Love, Ignorance, Opinion and Error, 1585
Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light, medium, and dark ochre and black
Plate: 47.2 x 32.5 cm (18 9/16 x 12 13/16 inches)
Gift of Winslow Ames in memory of Mrs. Malcolm Chace 51.021

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