The Metals Fleeing from Vulcan

1530/1535

Domenico Beccafumi

Associated Names
Domenico Beccafumi

Artist, Sienese, c. 1485 - 1551

This is a drawing of a group of figures in a rugged landscape. The scene depicts several figures in various poses on a rocky terrain. In the background, there is a figure striding with what appears to be a staff, moving towards the left of the image. The figures are interacting with each other, some pointing or gesturing. The landscape is stylized with sharp, angular features, and the sky is marked with linear patterns. The drawing focuses on strong line work over shading or color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 × 11.4 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.), trimmed to border

  • Accession Number

    2020.82.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant 1860 - 1864, no. 19.

  • Series Title

    The Various Operations of Alchemy

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Antiquarius srl, Rome); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au burin jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864: no. 19

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