Bust of Sleeping Cupid
1627/53
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in grayish-green and black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.8 × 37.8 cm (11 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 38 cm (11 15/16 × 15 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
147616
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
In chiaroscuro woodcutting, lines stand in relief, printed in different colors and shades. Several printing blocks are used so that the forms seem strongly modeled, with striking contrasts of light and dark. Bartolomeo Coriolano used the medium to transform Guido Reni’s delicately slumbering cupid into a monumental figure with strong diagonal accents in his bow and wings.
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Coriolano · 1575–1642
Comment on works: Printmaker