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Andrea Andreani

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Andrea Andreani (1540–1623) was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (21)

Triomftocht van Julius Caesar

1599 · chiaroscuro woodcut on paper

width: 410 cm, height: 375 cm

Rijksmuseum

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper

Image/sheet: 38 × 37.4 cm (15 × 14 3/4 in.); Composite approx: 38.5 × 342 cm (15 3/16 × 134 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Caesar Triumphant

1593 · woodcut printed on silk, heightened by hand with gold

Sheet: 37.6 x 37.3 cm (14 13/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Vases and Trophies of War

1593 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Image: 37 x 37.5 cm (14 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 39.7 x 37.8 cm (15 5/8 x 14 7/8 in.); Matted: 58.4 x 57.1 cm (23 x 22 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kruisdraging

1591 · chiaroscuro woodcut on paper

height: 314 cm, width: 234 cm

Rijksmuseum

Maria met Kind en Johannes de Doper

1591 · chiaroscuro woodcut on paper

width: 203 cm, height: 301 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Entombment

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and burnt sienna, on white laid paper

41.8 × 32.3 cm (16 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

1585 · chiaroscuro woodcut (in three shades of brown and black)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis

1585 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis

1585 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pilate at the left washing his hands (left side of sheet)

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks printed in green-brown ink

Sheet: 17 5/16 × 12 11/16 in. (44 × 32.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rape of the Sabines

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in three sections (joined), each printed from four blocks

Sheet (left panel, trimmed to block line): 29 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (74.6 × 26 cm) Sheet (center panel, trimmed to block line): 29 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (74.9 × 32.4 cm) Sheet (right panel, trimmed to block line): 29 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (75.6 × 35.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ is being led away, soldiers stand at the right (right side of sheet)

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks printed in green-brown ink

Sheet: 17 5/16 × 12 13/16 in. (43.9 × 32.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virtue as a young woman surrounded by four figures representing love, error, ignorance and opinion

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in brown ink

Sheet: 19 1/8 × 13 3/16 in. (48.5 × 33.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virtue as a young woman in the centre of four figures representing love, error, ignorance and opinion

1585 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks printed in orange ink

Sheet: 18 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (47.5 × 32.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rape of a Sabine Woman

1584 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in gray-brown

Sheet: 17 3/16 × 7 15/16 in. (43.7 × 20.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Abduction of a Sabine Woman

1584 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Adoration of the Magi

1580 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in pale brown

Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (37.8 × 27.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso)

1580 · chiaroscuro woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pilate Washing His Hands

1578 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light, medium and dark reddish brown and in black on ivory laid paper

43.6 × 64 cm (17 3/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aanbidding door de koningen

1568 · chiaroscuro woodcut on paper

height: 385 cm, width: 276 cm

Rijksmuseum

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21 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute Chicago
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7 entries · 1 sources

The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso)
1580 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Caesar Triumphant
1593 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
1585 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis
1585 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Virgin and Child with St. John, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis
1585 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Vases and Trophies of War
1593 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
1584 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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