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Marsyas Pulling the Flute of Minerva out of the River

Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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Marsyas Pulling the Flute of Minerva out of the River

2004 (printed 2005)
21st century
180 x 116 mm (7.1 x 4.6 in.)

Andrew Raftery, American, b. born 1962
After Parmigianino (aka Francesco Mazzola), Italian, (1503–1540)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in light blue, light grey, medium blue, blue-grey, and dark grey inks from five blocks on off-white antique laid paper

Print impression quality: Excellent

Marks: Signed in pencil on verso, lower right: “carved by Raftery 2005”; inscribed in pencil on verso, lower left: “Drawn by Parmigianino”

Bibliography: Andrew Raftery, “Collaborating through a Medium: A New Chiaroscuro Woodcut after Parmingianino,” Journal of the California Society of Printmakers (2005): pp. 2–9.

Credit Line: Gift of David Schorr in honor of Clare Rogan’s 40th birthday, 2008

Accession Number: 2008.19.1

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chiaroscuro*, collaboration, musical instruments*, mythology, rivers, water

chiaroscuro - The technique of contrasting light and dark within a picture, especially one in which the forms are largely determined, not by sharp outlines, but by the meeting of lighter and darker areas.
collaboration
musical instruments - Sound-producing apparatuses whose primary function is to play music.
mythology
rivers
water

Dimensions

image Dimensions: 180 x 116 mm (7.1 x 4.6 in.)

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Credit Caption

Andrew Raftery, American, b. born 1962 Parmigianino (aka Francesco Mazzola), Italian, (1503–1540) . Marsyas Pulling the Flute of Minerva out of the River, 2004 (printed 2005). Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in light blue, light grey, medium blue, blue-grey, and dark grey inks from five blocks on off-white antique laid paper. image : 180 x 116 mm (7.1 x 4.6 in.). Sheet : 226 x 129 mm (8.9 x 5.1 in.). DAC accession number 2008.19.1. Gift of David Schorr in honor of Clare Rogan’s 40th birthday, 2008. (photo: M. Cook) .

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