Hunter on Horseback

1566

Niccolò Boldrini

Associated Names
Nicolò Boldrini

Artist, Italian, born c. 1510, active c. 1530 - c. 1570

The image depicts a person on horseback traveling along a path beside a stream. A village is seen in the distance, with a horizon high in the composition and clouds in the sky. The style features fine lines and cross-hatching typical of woodcut prints, with a color palette of browns and deep sepia. A group of detailed trees frames the left side of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiarascuro woodcut printed from 2 blocks: black line block and ochre tone block on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.1 x 18.5 cm (5 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.22.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, New York); purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 119.

2018

  • The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019, no. 87.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: 1566; by later hands in graphite on verso: B XII 152.22 / R[osand] & M[uraro] 76A / DTTK CON / 8044 (in red chalk); (not deciphered) Boldrini (not deciphered) Titian

Wikidata ID

Q75394942

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