Bust of Sleeping Cupid

Prints and Drawings

1627/53

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, c. 1599-c. 1676)
after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)

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.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Bartolomeo Coriolano
Title: Bust of Sleeping Cupid
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1627–1653
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.)
Credit Line: Katharine Shea Memorial Fund
Reference Number: 1997.416
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Bartsch, illustrated 48 2(107)

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Bartsch XII.107.2 only state

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