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Olympus
(1540s)
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in brown and black inks
Measurements
27.2 × 19.2 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to block mark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
Antonio da Trento left Bologna abruptly in 1530 and subsequently established a partnership with the printmaker Niccolò Vicentino in the Veneto region. There chiaroscuro woodcut production continued, and Vicentino’s workshop became the most prolific in the sixteenth century. The number of chiaroscuro prints made here that were based on Parmigianino’s designs lends credence to Giorgio Vasari’s allegation that da Trento had stolen a cache of drawings from the master when he disappeared in 1530.
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
2296-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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