id:			104696
accession number:	1923.1054
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1054
updated:		2023-03-20 10:12:11.178000

Diana and Endymion, mid-1700s. Nicolas LeSueur (French, 1691–1764), after Sebastian Conca (Italian, 1680–1764). Chiaroscuro woodcut; sheet: 62.1 x 44.7 cm (24 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.); image: 44.7 x 31.1 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1923.1054

title:				Diana and Endymion
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creation date:			mid-1700s
creation date earliest:		1725
creation date latest:		1775
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creditline:			Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Le Blanc 21

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CREATORS

* Nicolas LeSueur (French, 1691–1764)  - artist

* Sebastian Conca (Italian, 1680–1764)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 62.1 x 44.7 cm (24 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.); Image: 44.7 x 31.1 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Printing in Color
	opening date:   1985-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01.  "Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".

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PROVENANCE

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Chiaroscuro drawings were executed on paper colored a middle tone. While black or brown wash was used to create shadows, white gouache (opaque watercolor) was used for highlights. In the early 16th century, German printmakers developed a method to achieve similar effects using woodcut. The outline of the image is printed in black from one block of wood, while the shadows are printed from a second block in a color. For Diana and Endymion, two blocks were used to print two shades of green. The white, unprinted areas of the paper serve as the highlights. The technique of chiaroscuro woodcuts was revived in France in the early 18th century by LeSueur.
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