INSCRIPTIONS
type of material: indicazione di responsabilità
language of the material: latino
writing technique: a stampa
fonts: lettere capitali
position: in basso a destra
transcription: IOSEPH NICOLAVS/ VICENTINI
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Chiaroscuro woodcut from 3 blocks, mustard/brown/black, i state
state i/ii: inscription in the light tone block “IOSEPH NICOLAVS/VICENTINI”
state ii/ii: with Andreani's address added with a plug in the darkest block: “AA in mantoua 1608”
See comment in ALU.0992.1
from
Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June-September 2018, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, October 2018-January 2019, DelMonico Books/Prestel, Munich-London-New York, 2018, pp. 131-135.
Other impressions of state i/ii issued by Vicentino's workshop:
-BM W,4.51: medium violet/dark violet/black https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_W-4-51 (ALU.0992.1)
-V&A E.288-1890: lime/green/black http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O927655/christ-healing-the-lepers-print-vicentino-giuseppe-niccolo/
-V&A 29471.2: mustard/brown/black
-PMA 1985-52-42: verdigris greens/black https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/30071.html
-MFA 64.1041: medium violet/dark violet/black https://collections.mfa.org/objects/168238/christ-healing-the-lepers
-Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-31.147: medium violet/dark violet/black http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.51762
-Georg Baselitz collection (published in Gnann 2013, no. 96, p. 209): medium violet/dark violet/black
-BnF RESERVE EA 26 BOITE FOL: medium violet/dark violet/black
-BNF EA 39 Réserve: lime/green/black
-BnF RESERVE EA 26 BOITE FOL epreuve d: mustard/brown/black
-BNF BD 5 Mazzuoli: light gray/gray/black
-BNF BD 5 Mazzuoli: gray/blue/black
-BNF 26 Boîte: medium brown-green/dark brown-green/black
-Private Collection: medium violet/dark violet/black
-MFA 21.10852: gray/olive/dark gray https://collections.mfa.org/objects/85199/christ-healing-the-lepers
-Munich 12179: mustard/brown/black
-Harvard M9918: light brown/brown/black https://hvrd.art/o/279378
-Berlin 457-38: olive/dark brown/black http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=1617752&viewType=detailView
-Braunschweig I.XVII.V5904: light gray/gray/black http://kk.haum-bs.de/?id=vicentino-n-v3-5904
-Harvard G7490: mustard/brown/black https://hvrd.art/o/279377
-MFA 64.1040: mustard/brown/black https://collections.mfa.org/objects/168232/christ-healing-the-lepers
-MMA 17.50.10: Light blue/blue/black https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/633684
-MMA 62.635.511: light brown/brown/black (possibly later edition) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/633689
-Rothschild 4378: gray/blue/black
-Albertina DG2002/420: medium brown-green/dark brown-green/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=d047f3a4-f2b0-4141-927f-bb2199239eeb
-Albertina DG1138: lime/green/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=5dce9e2f-7f3a-4938-825c-7791ac5f7677
-Albertina DG2002/422: red-red-brown/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=5f96e394-8730-4abb-9ba1-3a1ef9610b02
-Albertina DG2002/421: light blue/gray blue/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=38757ceb-b155-48a1-951e-ebb9e019859c
-Wesleyan Davison Art Center: 1940.D1.194: mustard/brown/black http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj12204?sid=4197145&x=409525156&sort=122
-Fondation Custodia inv 1763
Variant from the darkest block only in black:
-Munich 12178
Impressions of state i/ii issued by the Ladder in a Shield Printer in light brown/brown/black:
-Berlin 39-1882
-EnsBA Est. Mas. 54: http://www.ensba.fr/ow2/catzarts/voir.xsp?id=00101-19067&qid=sdx_q0&n=13&sf=&e=
Impressions of state ii/ii issued by Andreani (1608):
-MMA 22.73.3-58: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/633693
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