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"the virgin and child, with the infant st. john the
baptist and other saints." dated 1585. by andrea
andrean1, after jacopo ligozzi

Printed in black and greenish tones. Size oj the print,

lhyi x 13 in.

"the adoration of the magi." by guiseppe niccolo
vincentino, after parmigiano

Printed in black, green and brown. Size of the print,

13X x cj}4 in.

working as late as 1544- On the whole, however,
the best chiaroscuro woodcuts were produced in
Italy, where the earliest record of the process
dates from 1516 and the art did not become
common till about 1530.

The first Italian to make a name in chiaro-
scuro prints was Ugo da Carpi. He was a son
of Count Astolfo da Panico of Carpi, and was
probably born about 1450; he died in or after
1525. He was a painter, but none of his pictures
are known. It is doubtful if he invented the

"a naked man seated in a wood"
by antonio da trento, after parmigiano

Printed in black and brown. Size oj the print, 11 x j in.

system of chiaroscuro printing; it is more prob-
able that he derived it from the Germans. Some
twelve woodcuts of this kind can safely be
ascribed to him. They are printed in rather dull
tones, and at a distance they sometimes look
like bas-reliefs in colored stone. He made some
prints from tone-blocks only, with no line.

Antonio da Trento was another celebrated
Italian chiaroscurist. He is perhaps identical
with Antonio Fantuzzi, who was born at Bologna
about 1510 and worked at Fontainebleau under
Primaticcio about 1537-1550. Antonio da Trento
was instructed in wood-engraving by Parmigiano
at Bologna and reproduced many of his drawings.

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august 1925