The Art Exemplar, [The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist], front

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Title
The Art Exemplar, [The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist], front
Identifier
Art_Exemplar_224
Artist
Parmigianino, 1503-1540
Printmaker
Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742
Subject-Personal Name
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Jesus Christ
John, the Baptist, Saint
Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint
Date Issued (Inferred)
[1722-1724]
Description
Inscribed: "Parmens Delin. -- E. Kirkall fe. -- E Collectione Nobilissimi Ducis Devoniae." Summary: composition in Italian Renaissance style with two women and two baby boys with a bearded man with a staff in the background; likely Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist; chiaroscuro print after sketch, produced from etched plate, mezzotint plate, and relief block for tint, not the traditional method of multiple woodcuts.
Note
Image used to illustrate "Chiaro-scuro and Block Colour Printing." Chiaro-scuro more commonly spelled chiaroscuro. Date of image issue from Union List of Artist Names biographical note for Elisha Kirkall.
Type
still image
Genre
relief prints
woodcuts (prints)
intaglio prints
etchings (prints)
engravings (prints)
mezzotints (prints)
Extent
1 print : intaglio and relief chiaroscuro ; etched area 197 x 157.
Digital Format
image/jp2
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Related Resource
The Art Exemplar : a Guide to Distinguish One Species of Print from Another with Pictorial Examples and Written Descriptions of Every Known Style of Illustration Whether Executed on Gold, Silver, Brass ... / Written and Compiled by W.J. Stannard.
Rights (Use and Reproduction)
No Copyright. Non-Commercial Use Only. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Owning Institution
Grolier Club Library
Collection
Grolier Club, The Art Exemplar, by William Stannard, [1859]

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