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Saturn

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut on tan laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut on tan laid paper.

Date:

c. 1540-50

Artist:

Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550)
after Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis, called Il Pordenone (Italian, c. 1483-1539)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Niccolò Vicentino

Title

Saturn

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1540–1550

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut on tan laid paper

Dimensions

31 × 43 cm (12 1/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Inge and Edward A. Maser in memory of Harold Joachim

Reference Number

1988.561

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