Young Man with a Book (An Apostle)

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Young Man with a Book (An Apostle)

Book: Traite historique et pratique de la gravure en bois, Jean-Michel Papillon (Paris, 1766, vol. 2)
France, circa 1735
Prints; woodcuts
Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks
Sheet: 8 × 5 in. (20.32 × 12.7 cm) Image: 6 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (16.51 × 9.21 cm)
Graphic Arts Council Fund (M.86.229.1a)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Takahatake, Naoko. The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2018.