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The Entombment

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629)

Date

1585

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and burnt sienna, on white laid paper

Culture

Italy

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Androi Andreani reproduced the works of the major artists of his century-such as Raphael, Parmigianino, and Titian-in color woodcuts. This impressive composition honors Raffaellino da Reggio , a little-known Florentine painter of the mid-16th century. The work may have been commissioned by Giovanni de' Medici, the Italian general to whom the work is dedicated.

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