Bologna about 1599 - 1676 Bologna

A Sibyl, after Guido Reni (Calvenzano 1575-1642 Bologna)

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in bluish gray and black on cream laid paper
305 x 220 mm.; 12 x 8 5/8 inches

Reference:

1. Bartsch XII, no. 4

2. "Incisori Bolognesi ed Emiliani del sec. XVII", Catalogo Generale della raccolta di stampe antiche, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, 1973: Sezione III, no. 355.

Note:

A very fine impression , with strong colors, of this rare chiaroscuro woodcut. In this work, Coriolano follows in the chiaroscuro woodcut tradition established in Venice and Rome by Ugo da Carpi (1480 - circa 1532). See: no. 2 by Ugo da Carpi in this publication.