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Saint Peter
(1540s)
- Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three (of four) blocks in grey and black inks
- Measurements
- 40.8 × 21.3 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to block mark)
- Place/s of Execution
- Siena, Italy
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Takahatake 72; Bartsch XII.71.14
- Accession Number
- P67-1970
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970
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- 16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International - About this work
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Domenico Beccafumi stands apart in the history of the chiaroscuro woodcut for designing and cutting his own blocks, rather than using the services of professional woodcutters. A painter, draftsman and sculptor resident in Siena, Beccafumi took up printmaking late in his career, making nine chiaroscuro woodcuts in the 1540s and a further six prints that combined chiaroscuro woodcut with engraving. His chiaroscuro woodcuts are noteworthy for their bold draftsmanship, unconventional technique and fine handling of colour – qualities evident in this large print of the apostle Saint Peter, one of a group of four that marks the culmination of Beccafumi’s engagement with printmaking.
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- apostles chiaroscuro woodcuts elderly keys (hardware) men (male humans) Peter, Saint (Christian character) saints
- Movements
- Renaissance