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Andrea Andreani

Also known as: Andrea Andreani; primary name: Andreani, Andrea
Details: individual; printmaker; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1558/9-1629
Biography: Specialist in chiaroscuro woodcuts, which he revived from 1584 onwards. b. Mantua; began his career in Rome c.1580 (copy of Titian's Triumph of Christ, which he dedicated to Ligozzi); 1583-6 in Florence (working after Giambologna); 1586-93 in Siena (working after Beccafumi's pavement and Casolani); then returned to Mantua (Mantegna's Triumphs of Caesar) where he remained for the rest of his career. From 1602 almost entirely active as publisher, reprinting numerous earlier blocks with his own monogram. Last dated work in 1610.
Bibliography: Bartsch XII passim DBI Meyer 1872 pp.714-716 Naoko Takahatake, 'The chiaroscuro woodcut in Renaissance Italy', Los Angeles 2018, pp.222-55

125 related objects

print

Museum number: W,4.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro GandiniAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1545-1565 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: W,4.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1235 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1852,0612.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1250 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1861,0518.199 |
Producer name: BIOG17334 Print made by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1588

print

Museum number: 1890,0415.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Aurelio Luini |
Production date: 1580-1610

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2370 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1584

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: W,4.127 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1584

print

Museum number: 1935,0226.5 |
Producer name: BIOG17334 Print made by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1918,0713.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Raffaellino da Reggio |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1903,0408.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1593

print

Museum number: 1852,0612.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo BolsiAfter:Bartolommeo Neroni, called Riccio |
Production date: 1589 |
Production place: Published in:Siena (town)

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.4159 |
Producer name: BIOG17334 Print made by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1586-1610

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1274 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1586

print

Museum number: W,5.14 |
Producer name: After:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1590

print

Museum number: W,4.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Aurelio Luini |
Production date: 1580-1610

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1590

print

Museum number: W,4.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1586

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2373 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Baldassare Peruzzi |
Production date: 1608

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1240 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Aurelio Luini |
Production date: 1580-1610

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2365 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1586

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Raffaellino da Reggio |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1243 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Raffaellino da Reggio |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: W,4.72 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: W,4.123 |
Producer name: BIOG17334 Print made by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1586-1610

print

Museum number: 1941,1213.539 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro GandiniAfter:Girolamo da Treviso |
Production date: 1545-1565 1610 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1267 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Baldassare Peruzzi |
Production date: 1608

print

Museum number: 1848,1013.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1570-1610

print

Museum number: 2004,U.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1590-1600

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 2005,U.87 |
Producer name: After:TitianPublished by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1560-1600

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2374 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Baldassare Peruzzi |
Production date: 1608

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1941,1213.539.a |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1266 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro GandiniAfter:Girolamo da Treviso |
Production date: 1545-1565 1610 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: W,4.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: W,4.94 |
Producer name: After:ParmigianinoPublished by:Andrea Andreani |
Production date: 1550-1600 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Title: The Christian Virtues |
Museum number: 1874,0808.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: W,4.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: W,4.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1904,0519.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1589

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: W,4.121 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1592

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0408.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1598

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1867,0713.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giuseppe Scolari |
Production date: 1590-1610

print

Museum number: W,5.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1586

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1585

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1257-1263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1598

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.869 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1570-1610

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2366 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1909,0612.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Erhard Schön |
Production date: 1588 |
Production place: Published in:Siena (town)

print

Museum number: 1898,0215.17 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1856,0712.1085 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni Fortuna |
Production date: 1588

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: W,4.83 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni Fortuna |
Production date: 1588

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1264 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo BolsiAfter:Bartolommeo Neroni, called Riccio |
Production date: 1589 |
Production place: Published in:Siena (town)

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1921,0714.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.197 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print; frontispiece

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.1574 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Raffaellino da Reggio |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1241 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1585

print

Museum number: W,4.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.2369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 1584

print

Museum number: 1941,1213.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1591

print; frontispiece

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1895,0122.1256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1598

print

Museum number: 1860,0414.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Battista Franco |
Production date: 1590

print

Museum number: W,4.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro GandiniAfter:Girolamo da Treviso |
Production date: 1545-1565 1610 |
Production place: Published in:Mantua (town)

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.1275 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Giuseppe Scolari |
Production date: 1590-1610

print

Title: Triumph of Julius Caesar |
Museum number: W,5.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniIntermediary draughtsman:Malpizzi, Bernardo |
Production date: 1599

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