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Niccolò Vicentino (attributed to) (woodcutter)
Parmigianino (after)
Olympus (1540s)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in green and black inks
27.3 × 18.9 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to block mark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
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Olympus
(1540s)
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in green and black inks
Measurements
27.3 × 18.9 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to block mark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
The Vicentino workshop adopted a production method that prioritised expediency, and many prints produced in the 1540s are misregistered or show signs of imperfect inking. Blocks were also frequently printed in ‘editions’ in different colourways, as seen in this pair of prints depicting the god Olympus. This figure was traditionally described as an allegory of surprise but has more recently been identified as Olympus in an attitude of grief, associated with the story of Apollo and Marsyas related by the first-century Roman author Hyginus. Parmigianino made six drawings illustrating the myth, three of which served as models for chiaroscuro woodcuts.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Takahatake 47 iii/vi; Bartsch XII.146.10
Edition
3rd of 6 states
Accession Number
2293-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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