NOTIZIE STORICO-CRITICHE
Chiaroscuro woodcut from 3 blocks, i state
Only known impression: a darkest block-only variant
state i/ii: inscribed in light tone block: “Taglio d'Alex.ro Ghandini”; before Andreani's address
state ii/ii: with Andreani's address added to the darkest block: “AA/ In Mantova/MDCX”
See also comment in ALU.1050.1
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. 196-199.
Andreani impression (state ii/ii):
-BM 1895,0122.1266: light brown/brown/black https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0122-1266
BIBLIOGRAFIA
Popham A.E. , New Haven, 1971 , v. 1, p. 214, n. 746, v. 2, tav. 208
Trotter W.H. , The Univ. of North Carolina, 1974 , pp. 120–121
Gnann A. , Monaco, 2013 , p. 270, n. 132
AUTORE DELLA SCHEDA
Takahatake N., 2020
Takahatake N., Atlante delle xilografie italiane del Rinascimento, ALU.1051.1, https://archivi.cini.it/storiaarte/detail/50232/stampa-50232.html