Saint Paul and Saint Peter

Prints and Drawings

c. 1545

René Boyvin (French, 1524-c. 1598)
after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494-1540)

Italian mannerist artists such as Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540) who worked on the painting and stucco decoration of the French royal palace of Fontainebleau established a courtly style of attenuated elegance and refinement in the period 1530-60. The achievements of this so-called first school of Fontainebleau were documented and disseminated by prints, sometimes by the masters themselves. This rich engraving is based on a now-lost drawing by Fiorentino of about 1530/32, perhaps for a sculptural relief for the Abbey of Cluny, the patron saints of which were Peter and Paul. This print is of particular interest as it was created, not at the time in Fontainebleau., but a generation later by a Parisian engraver, and suggests the lasting influence of the decorative projects broadcast through prints.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: René Boyvin
Title: Saint Paul and Saint Peter
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
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Medium: Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 37.7 × 23.4 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Otto L. and Hazel Rhoades, and Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1990.455
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