Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550)
after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
INV-5267
Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550)
after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)c. 1540-1550
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) →woodcutprint
Date
c. 1540-1550
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, grayish blue, and bluish green on paper
Dimensions
22.9 × 34.2 cm (9 1/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
Chiaroscuro woodcut prints were developed to emulate the appearance of pen-and-ink drawings, which featured dark ink washes contrasted against white highlights. Here a middle tone of gray from a single block boldly colors the figures and their cast shadows, with the exposed tone of the paper used for the highlights. Additional black and green inks outline the figures and landscape. The sketched lines in brown completing the boats are later additions by an unknown hand. The print reproduces one of Raphael’s tapestry designs for the Sistine Chapel and was once owned by the collector Pierre II Mariette.
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