Woman Reclining in a Landscape (1508/09): Artwork and History

Woman Reclining in a Landscape (1508/09) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Giulio Campagnola Italian, c. 1482-1515/18.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Giulio Campagnola was a painter, miniaturist, engraver, and cutter of gems and type punches in Venice in the early sixteenth century. His work responded to developments in the painting of Andrea Mantegna, Albrecht Dürer, Giorgione, and Titian. In emulation of their atmospheric colorism, Giulio developed a method of engraving with flicks or dots, which produces subtle gradations of tone. Thus, he is credited with inventing the "dotted manner" print, which is exemplified in this impression of the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Object facts

• Title: Woman Reclining in a Landscape
• Date: 1508/09
• Artist attribution: Giulio Campagnola Italian, c. 1482-1515/18
• Place of origin: Italy
• Medium: Engraving on paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 11.9 × 18.2 cm (4 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1932.1331

Collection credit

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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