The Guardian Angel

1504·Engraving on paper·22.5 × 15.9 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

<p>Jacopo de' Barbari was one of the most important yet enigmatic Venetian printmakers of the late fifteenth century. Noted for his travel to Germany and the Netherlands, and for his friendship with Albrecht Dürer, Jacopo served as a conduit for stylistic and technical influences between North and South. This unusual subject, which probably relates to a religious text, was executed in the chiaroscuro engraving technique of modeling with light and shade introduced by Dürer's Passion series of 1507-12.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1504
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 × 15.9 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jacopo de' Barbari

Artist

Jacopo de' Barbari

Painting

Jacopo de' Barbari, sometimes known or referred to as de'Barbari, de Barberi, de Barbari, Barbaro, Barberino, Barbarigo or Barberigo, was an Italian painter, printmaker and miniaturist with a highly individual style. He moved from Venice to Germany in 1500, thus becoming the first Italian Renaissance artist of stature to work in Northern Europe. His few surviving paintings include the first known example of trompe-l'œil since antiquity. His twenty-nine engravings and three very large woodcuts were also highly influential.

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