Andrea Andreani
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Born and generally active in Mantua about 1540 (Brulliot says 1560) and died at Rome in 1623. His engravings are scarce and valuable, and are chiefly copies of Mantegna, Albrecht Dürer, Parmigianino and Titian. The most remarkable of his works are Mercury and Ignorance, the Deluge, Pharaoh's Host Drowned in the Red Sea (after Titian), the Triumph of Caesar (after Mantegna), and Christ retiring from the judgment-seat of Pilate after a relief by Giambologna.
[edit] References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- artnet
