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Christ and the Samaritan Woman

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1510

Artist:

Giulio Campagnola
Italian, c. 1482-1515/18

About this artwork

Giulio Campagnola invented stipple engraving, a method of using the point of the burin (a tool with diamond-shaped steel shaft) to make numerous small flecks in the metal plate, creating gradated tones instead of the more common linework. This technique approximated painting’s subtle transitions from light to dark values. This print may be after a composition, now lost, by Giorgione or Titian, both of whom were from Venice where Campagnola worked. It illustrates a story from the Gospel of John when Christ meets a woman by a well and asks her for a drink of water before revealing to her that he is the Messiah.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giulio Campagnola

Title

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

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.

1505–1515

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 13.2 × 18.6 cm (5 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 13.8 × 19.4 cm (5 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1945.219

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