After Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)
published by Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, active 1543-1558)
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
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After Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)
published by Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, active 1543-1558)c. 1515, printed 1549
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
After Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576) published by Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, active 1543-1558) →woodcutprint
Date
c. 1515, printed 1549
Medium
Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
40.8 × 55.5 cm (16 1/8 × 21 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
The grand scale of Titian’s twelve-sheet woodcut (see 1957.12.1–12) mimics history paintings and large wall hangings. The assembled composition would fit only on a massive wall, a use confirmed by the total lack of early impressions. Only this 1549 state is known, printed from woodblocks studded with wormholes, which appear in the image as tiny white dots. The inscription at lower center of The Submersion describes the Israelites’ persecution under the Egyptian pharaoh and his army’s fate when they followed Moses into the Red Sea. The publisher opportunistically refers to the “great and immortal hand” of Titian in this legend, though the artist was still very much alive.
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