id:			162394
accession number:	2002.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2002.9
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:47.505000

Saint Peter, c. 1547. Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551). Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in four shades of brown; sheet: 41.2 x 21.4 cm (16 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2002.9

title:				Saint Peter
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creation date:			c. 1547
creation date earliest:		1542
creation date latest:		1552
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut printed in four shades of brown
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch vol XII, p. 71, no. 14; Passavant vol. VI, pp.150-1, no. 5

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CREATORS

* Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551)  - artist
Domenico di Giacomo Pace (also known as Mecarino, 1484/86-1551) was a Sienese Mannerist painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and illuminator. At an early age, he took the name Beccafumi from his protector Lorenzo. Beccafumi was perhaps the most original artistic personality of the sixteenth-century Siena. There, he spent the most part of his career, with brief sojourns in Rome (1510-12), Genoa (ca. 1533), and Pisa (1536-38). In Siena, he obtained the most prestigious public commissions, such as the fresco decoration in Palazzo Pubblico, and the design of inlaid marble pavements and the creation of bronze sculptures in the Siena Cathedral. Beccafumi's drawings and prints are both stylistically characterized by vibrant compositions and dramatic effects of light.
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measurements: Sheet: 41.2 x 21.4 cm (16 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
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	description:	laid paper, lined overall with heavy wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Watermark: Flowering Fleur de Lys in a Circle Surmonted by a Star
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

	title:		The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
	opening date:   2018-06-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy</i>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (organizer) (June 3-September 16, 2018); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 14, 2018-January 20, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Takahatake, Naoko, et al. <em>The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy</em>. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 179-183.
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IMAGES

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