St. Matthias (1623–30): Art, History and Details

St. Matthias (1623–30) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ludolph Büsinck (German, 1590–1669).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Büsinck was a leading German master of the chiaroscuro woodcut and one of only a few artists working in this medium in the 17th century. He introduced chiaroscuros to France, and almost his entire output, executed between 1623 and 1630 in Paris, appears to be based on the drawings of the painter George Lallemand. Lallemand had special presses constructed to mass-produce Büsinck's prints, the only mid 17th-century workshop in France devoted to the production of chiaroscuros.

Object facts

• Title: St. Matthias
• Date: 1623–30
• Creator attribution: Ludolph Büsinck (German, 1590–1669)
• Culture: Germany
• Type: Print
• Technique: chiaroscuro woodcut
• Collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1966.733

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser

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