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Niccolò Vicentino
Charity1540s; printed early 17th century

Not on view
Ink and wash drawing with white gouache highlights on tan paper, a seated woman in flowing robes holds an infant, flanked by two gnarled trees

Niccolò Vicentino, Andrea Andreani, Charity, 1540s; printed early 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Niccolò Vicentino
Italy, Vicenza, active mid-16th century
Printer; Publisher
Andrea Andreani
Italy, Mantua, circa 1558-1629
Title
Charity
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1540s; printed early 17th century
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 in. (14.61 × 10.16 cm) Image: 5 3/4 × 4 in. (14.61 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.54
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

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