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Study of a Giant

Study of a Giant

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Bartolomeo Coriolano (after Guido Reni)

Bartolomeo Coriolano was one of only a few chiaroscuro practitioners in the seventeenth century. Presumably around 1621, Coriolano joined the study of Guido Reni and worked with him first in Bologna and later in Rome. Their collaborative output reached its height between 1637 and 1642, with Coriolano producing prints after Reni’s designs, and both artists assuming the role of publisher for various printed states. “Study of a Giant” is one of Coriolano’s chiaroscuro woodcuts based on a design by Reni.
Artist
Bartolomeo Coriolano (after Guido Reni)
(Italian, 1599 – 1676) (Italian, 1575 – 1642)
Title
Study of a Giant
Date
1638
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
10 x 7 5/8 in. image
Credit
Gift of Frank R. Horlbeck
Accession No.
2011.8.15
Classification
Prints
Geography
Italy

Related

  • Karpinski, Caroline, ed. "Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts (Bartsch vol. XII)." University Park: Pennsylvania University Press, 1971. section 7, no. 14

  • Beyond Black and White: Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from the Frank Horlbeck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/9/1991–1/12/1992

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