Mucius Scevola
<p>The printmaker and publisher Andrea Andreani made several prints calling for over 40 blocks, including a lengthy classical frieze. He also acquired older blocks and republished them with his own initials. The present woodcut required two blocks—an abstract tone block and a linear key block in black printed on top of it to consolidate the image. This popular subject after Baldassare Peruzzi shows a legendary Roman hero, Mucius Scevela, who, upon being caught during an attempt to assassinate the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna, thrust his hand into a fire to demonstrate his bravery and resistance to torture.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1608
- Dimensions
- 26.5 × 20.9 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Andrea Andreani
Artist
Printmaking
Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629)
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- Andrea Andreani
- Year
- 1608
- Dimensions
- 26.5 × 20.9 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1608-082622
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- verified