Moses with the Tablets of Law
Artist
Ludolph Büsinck
(German, about 1590–1669)
Artistafter
Georges Lallemand
(French, 1598–1640)
Dateabout 1630
Mediumchiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper
Dimensions39 x 28.5 cm (image), 39.6 x 28.6 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsWatermark: Bunch of grapes (Lorraine, c. 1632); Unidentified collector's mark in black ink in l.l. on verso
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number1999.21
Label TextIn 1623 Büsinck came to Paris to work with the painter Georges Lallemand, who had special presses built to print chiaroscuro woodcuts. Then new in France, chiaroscuro woodcuts duplicated the look of ink drawings made on toned paper, and had been made in Germany and Italy the century before. This work, printed from three blocks, is a tour de force in the artist's printmaking career. The largest of all of his chiaroscuro prints, this work is after Lallemand's drawing of Moses with the Ten Commandments. During his career Büsinck made twenty-four chiaroscuro woodcuts, and he is credited with bringing the medium to France.ProvenancePurchased from James Bergquist, Boston, MAOn View
Not on view
