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Christ Healing the Lepers

Christ Healing the Lepers

1608
(Italian, about 1558–1610)
(Italian, c. 1510-)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
Italy, 16th century
chiaroscuro woodcut (in two shades of gray and black)
Sheet: 29.8 x 41.8 cm (11 3/4 x 16 7/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.983
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch 15 (XII.II.39)
Location: not on view

Description

This print portrays Christ—with the twelve apostles—miraculously healing a group of lepers encountered on his way to Jerusalem. Andrea Andreani who, after 1599, acquired a number of the earlier blocks of artists like Vicentino and Ugo de Carpi. He published these as his own, reworking them in some cases and adding his initials, an in the CMA example.
  • Galerie Arnot, Vienna and Paris, stamp (Lugt 124), verso, upper left, in black ink ; purchased from Maurice Gobin, Paris
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
    I and Thou. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 21-May 27, 1984).
    40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Christ Healing the Lepers|url=false|author=Andrea Andreani, Guiseppe Rossigliani, Parmigianino|year=1608|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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