Bust of Sleeping Cupid
<p>In chiaroscuro woodcutting, lines stand in relief, printed in different colors and shades. Several printing blocks are used so that the forms seem strongly modeled, with striking contrasts of light and dark. Bartolomeo Coriolano used the medium to transform Guido Reni’s delicately slumbering cupid into a monumental figure with strong diagonal accents in his bow and wings.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1627
- Dimensions
- Image: 29.8 × 37.8 cm (11 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 38 cm (11 15/16 × 15 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Bartolomeo Coriolano
Artist
Printmaking
Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, c. 1599-c. 1676)
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Record
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- Bartolomeo Coriolano
- Year
- 1627
- Dimensions
- Image: 29.8 × 37.8 cm (11 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 38 cm (11 15/16 × 15 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1627-089931
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified