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Antonio Maria Zanetti I

Woman with an Amphora, 1724

Description

Maker

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

Title

Woman with an Amphora

Year

1724

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in pink, dark pink, and blue

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • chiaroscuro woodcut

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper mounted on medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 20.2 x 10.3 cm (7 15/16 x 4 1/16 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

50.142

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Matter of Tone

July 16 - October 31, 2004

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.

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

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