G7525: Temperance

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G7525

People

Giuseppe Niccolò Vicentino, Italian (active 1520 - 1550)
After Perino del Vaga, Italian (Florence, Italy 1501 - 1547 Rome, Italy)
Printed by Andrea Andreani, Italian (1558/59 - 1629)
Previously attributed to after Parmigianino, Italian (Parma, Italy 1503 - 1540 Casalmaggiore, Italy)
Previously attributed to Circle of Ugo da Carpi, Italian (c. 1480 - 1532)

Title

Temperance

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Cardinal Virtues (series of 6)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c.1540s

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/211777

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in very light brown, light brown, and black

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Dimensions

block: 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
sheet: 15.4 × 10.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in block, l.l.: AA [Andrea Andreani]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Purchased by Harvard University, 1896

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch XII.129.5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G7525

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2018), cat. no. 61, pp. 125, 163, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 06/03/2018 - 09/16/2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 10/14/2018 - 01/20/2019

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