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Mucius Scevola

Andrea Andreani (Italian, c. 1558-1629)LinkedCulture matchlcp-8712678f07fe

Date: 1608
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in greenish gray and black on cream laid paper
Culture: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 108931

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The printmaker and publisher Andrea Andreani made several prints calling for over 40 blocks, including a lengthy classical frieze. He also acquired older blocks and republished them with his own initials. The present woodcut required two blocks—an abstract tone block and a linear key block in black printed on top of it to consolidate the image. This popular subject after Baldassare Peruzzi shows a legendary Roman hero, Mucius Scevela, who, upon being caught during an attempt to assassinate the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna, thrust his hand into a fire to demonstrate his bravery and resistance to torture.

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Credit line: The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

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Object type: AAT300041273

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