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Object Type
Museum number: W,4.121
Description: The Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ Child, after Francesco Vanni. c.1592 Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in grey
Producer name: Attributed to: Andrea Andreani; After: Francesco Vanni
School/style
Production date: 1592 (circa)
Materials
Technique: woodcut; colour
Dimensions: Height: 260 millimetres; Width: 207 millimetres
Curator's comments: Bartsch lists this as by an anonymous cutter. For the attribution to Andreani, which seems fairly certain, see John Marciari and Suzanne Boorsch, 'Francesco Vanni : art in late Renaissance Siena', Yale University Art Gallery 2013, cat.13. The print is based on a painting made in 1591 for the 'cataletto' of the Compagnia di Santa Caterina in Siena (see their cat.12). For another impression in green, see 1928,0313.52.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: W,4.121

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