The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
1540–50 (republished 1609)
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in pale green (state iii/iii)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 3/16 in. (23.7 × 33.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.241
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Niccolò Vicentino|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Andrea Andreani · 1540–1550
**Niccolò Vicentino (also known as Giuseppe Niccolò Rospigliosi or Rossigliani, called Vicentino)** was an Italian Renaissance painter and wood-engraver active primarily in the mid-16th century. Born in Vicenza around 1525, he worked in Bologna circa 1550. He specialized in the demanding technique of chiaroscuro woodcuts, which use multiple blocks to create tonal effects of light and shadow. He w...