The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Bust of a Bearded Man (Doge Giovanni Cornaro)
1632–36
(Flemish, 1596–1652/53)
after Peter Paul Rubens
(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Sheet: 28.3 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein vol. IX, p. 192, no. 20
Location: not on view
Description
Among the finest chiaroscuros of the 17th century are those of Jegher, a professional woodcutter who made prints after designs by Peter Paul Rubens from about 1632 until 1640. Although Rubens had employed engravers to reproduce and propagate his designs from about 1609, he did not utilize woodcut until later. Jegher produced nine woodcuts, including two chiaroscuros, after his images. Bust of a Bearded Man, based on a painting, is printed from four blocks, none of which alone produces the outline of the entire image. The resulting print is very painterly and a masterpiece in chiaroscuro.- Thomas Thane, London (inscribed May 1820) (Lugt 811); Arie Johannes Lamme, Rotterdam (Lugt 138)
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Rare Korean Screen Painting, Important Baroque Drawing, Sheeler Drawing Join the Museum Collection,” October 10, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
- Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.249