Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis (1585): Art, History and Details
Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1585, chiaroscuro woodcut. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis (1585) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610); Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1626).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Printed from four blocks in light blue, green, and black, this chiaroscuro woodcut shows the Virgin and Child flanked by the infant St. John the Baptist and St. Francis at right. St. Catherine of Siena takes a place on the left and holds a flower.
Object facts
- Title: Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis
- Date: 1585
- Creator attribution: Andrea Andreani (Italian, about 1558–1610); Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1626)
- Culture: Italy
- Type: Print
- Technique: chiaroscuro woodcut
- Collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1949.81
A detail from the museum
The CMA owns another version of this chiaroscuro woodcut, which differs in the color of the ink used to print it (1960.19).
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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