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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
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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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