The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Child Woodcutter: Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1623)
After: Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1564–1610)

ca. 1591

Prints and Drawings

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This Andreani woodcut and an etching by Francesco Vanni both reproduce (in reverse) one of Vanni’s four paintings for the cataletto (funeral bier) of the Confraternity of Santa Caterina in Fontebranda in Siena, painted in 1591. Through diffusion in prints, this composition became one of the best known and most copied of Vanni’s designs. This woodcut has not traditionally been attributed to Andrea Andreani, but its technique and circumstantial evidence—the dates when Andreani was in Siena and the fact that he was a member of the Confraternity of Santa Caterina—make it highly likely that the print is by him.

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from 2 blocks

Dimensions

block: 10 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (26.04 × 20 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

1968.2.1

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

16th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Philip Hofer
Bibliography
  • John J. Marciari et al., Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2013), 35–36, 44, 78, 80–82, no. 13
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

chiaroscuro woodcuts

Inscriptions

in pencil verso, BL: B19802, C 29154, XII, 56, 11 III 11;\r\nLC: nach Parmigiano / Vanni (?)\r\nLR: FNO\r\n

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