About this artwork
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 orange 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 Jean-Paul Mariette.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Ugo da Carpi
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Title
- The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
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Origin
- Italy
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Date
- 1515–1525
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Medium
- Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, grayish blue, and bluish green on paper
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Dimensions
- 229 × 342 mm
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Credit Line
- William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1945.10
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/52674/manifest.json
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