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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.32
People
Agostino Veneziano, Italian (Venice c. 1490 - after 1536 Rome)
Title
Madonna Adored by Saints of the Dominican Order
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1516 - 1540s
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving, printed à la poupée in red and black ink, on antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 39.8 x 22.9 cm (15 11/16 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso: old collector's annotations in pencil and pen and brown ink

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii
Standard Reference Number
B. 112 (OB 14, Ramondi)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
This engraving is the earliest known example of an incised copper plate being printed à la poupée. (Ad Stijnman, a scientist at the Nederlands Instituut Collectie, identified the inks as characteristic of the early modern period, although he can't say with certainty when the engraving was printed. The paper is also typical of the sixteenth century.) The technique of printing in color à la poupée was perfected in the second half of the seventeenth century by the Netherlandish artist, Johannes Teyler, and examples of his color printing remain quite rare (although the Fogg has two in its collection). For this engraving, the printer inked in red the lines comprising the figures of the Virgin and Child, and then inked in blue the background architecture and the Dominican saints who surround her, thereby making mother and child the most emphatic elements of the composition. Such a print most likely had a domestic devotional function. Veneziano, the engraver of the composition, was an active member of Marcantonio Raimondi's print workshop which produced reproductive engravings, many after drawings and paintings by Raphael. This unusual printing technique may have been an experiment in the production of a print that was intended to resemble a colored drawing.

Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 78, repr.
  • Thomas W. Lentz, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2006-7, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2008), p. 26, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2015 - 03/02/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/02/2023 - 06/21/2023

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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