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This unique woodcut is printed in black and powdered gold inks on vellum. It may be the most opulent result of the Emperor Maximilian’s competition with Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony and his court artist, Lucas Cranach. That contest produced an early form of chiaroscuro printing, a technique using black line blocks and colored tone or blocks for lighting effects. Indeed, as the only known impression of the Equestrian Portrait printed in black and gold on vellum, the Chicago print may well be the dedication impression sent to Frederick.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 22 × 31 Cm |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “Altered and Adorned: Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life, ” April 30–July 10, 2011, pp. 20–24 and 99–100, fig. 12 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Altered and Adorned: Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life,” April 30–July 10, 2011, pp. 20–24 and 99–100, fig. 12 (ill.).
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James Snyder, revised by Larry Silver and Henry Luttikhuizen, Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575
James Snyder, revised by Larry Silver and Henry Luttikhuizen, Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575 (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005), pp. 335, 371, fig. 15.3 (ill.).
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Martha Tedeschi, “Lovers Surprised by Death,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies: Notable Acquisitions, vol. 30, no. 1,
Martha Tedeschi, “Lovers Surprised by Death,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies: Notable Acquisitions, vol. 30, no. 1, (2004), pp. 72–73 and 96 (ill.).
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A. Hyatt Mayor, Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures
A. Hyatt Mayor, Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1971), fig. 294.
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: H. N. Abrams, Inc., 1970; London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1977 and 1987 ), p. 129 (ill.).
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