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accession number: 1925.1238
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The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul, c. 1527–1530/1531. Antonio da Trento (Italian, c. 1508–c. 1550), after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in two shades of brown and black); sheet: 29.6 x 47.9 cm (11 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.); image: 29.2 x 47.5 cm (11 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1238
title: The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul
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creation date: c. 1527–1530/1531
creation date earliest: 1522
creation date latest: 1531
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Italy, 16th century
technique: chiaroscuro woodcut (in two shades of brown and black)
department: Prints
collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch 28 (XII.79)
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CREATORS
* Antonio da Trento (Italian, c. 1508–c. 1550) - artist
Little is known about Antonio da Trento's life, training, and career. Giorgio Vasari records that Antonio came from Trento. He was Parmigianino's principal collaborator, from whom he learned the technique of chiaroscuro woodcut while working in his Bolognese workshop as a printmaker and painter. Contrary to Vasari's statements, some scholars have proposed that ugo da Carpi instructed Antonio in the chiaroscuro technique in Rome. Antonio's identity was once erroneous conflated with an etcher ad painter from bologna, Antonio Fantuzzi, known to have worked at Fontainebleau in the 1530s-40s.
* Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540) - artist
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), was an Italian Mannerist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. In Parma and upon his arrival in Rome in 1524, he experimented with print to study works by artists he admired, such as Raphael. He fled Rome at the time of its sack in 1527, and he moved to Bologna. There, he began his engagement with chiaroscuro woodcuts, collaborating with Ugo da Carpi and Antonio da Trento. Parmigianino then returned to Parma in 1530.
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measurements: Sheet: 29.6 x 47.9 cm (11 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.); Image: 29.2 x 47.5 cm (11 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
state of the work: ii/ii
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description: cream(3) laid paper
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inscription: VERSO, center, in graphite: 7 ; lower left, in graphite: B XII 79 28 ; lower right, in graphite: C11638
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland
opening date: 1959-12-03T05:00:00
40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
title: Printing in Color
opening date: 1985-09-10T04:00:00
Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
purchased from (P. & D. Colnaghi, London)
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Goldfarb, Hilliard T. “Chiaroscuro Woodcut Technique and Andrea Andreani.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 9 (November 1981): 307–330.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 313-314, fig. 11
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159744
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1238/1925.1238_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1238/1925.1238_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1238/1925.1238_full.tif