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St. Matthias

1623–30
(German, 1590–1669)
Germany, 17th century
chiaroscuro woodcut
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser 1966.733
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein V.180.12
Location: not on view
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Büsinck was a leading German master of the chiaroscuro woodcut and one of only a few artists working in this medium in the 17th century. He introduced chiaroscuros to France, and almost his entire output, executed between 1623 and 1630 in Paris, appears to be based on the drawings of the painter George Lallemand. Lallemand had special presses constructed to mass-produce Büsinck's prints, the only mid 17th-century workshop in France devoted to the production of chiaroscuros.
St. Matthias

St. Matthias

1623–30

Ludolph Büsinck

(German, 1590–1669)
Germany, 17th century

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