ID: 700000395 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000395	Record Type: Movable Work

[Eroe cristiano] (chiaroscuro woodcut; Andreani, Andrea (ca. 1560-1623), after Franco, Battista; published 1610; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 341770)

Note: The print, known as Eroe cristiano, was created by the application of two blocks, one black and white, the second an ochre overprinting in the chiaroscuro manner. Initials BF are shown on a bag in the lower foreground; Below the woodcut a message addressed to Lodovico Gonzaga explains the circumstances and process of the making of the woodcut after a drawing by "Semoleo", Battista Franco.

Titles:

[Eroe cristiano] (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Christian hero battling demons in defense of the religion (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

chiaroscuro woodcut [300041410] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints, woodcuts (prints))

reproductive print [300041569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works))

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 1610

Creator Display:

Andreani, Andrea (ca. 1560-1623), after Franco, Battista [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Andreani, Andrea (Italian woodcutter and printer, 1558 or 1559 -1629) [500032629]

artist Franco, Battista (Italian painter and printmaker, ca. 1510-1561) Qualifier: after Extent: work depicted [500029646]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 341770

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: Mantova [7005880] Lombardy (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: chiaroscuro woodcut, colored; created by the application of two blocks, one black and white, the second an ochre overprinting in the chiaroscuro manner

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	chiaroscuro woodcuts [300041410]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints, woodcuts (prints))

Dimensions: 49.5 x 33 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

religion and mythology

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Christianity [300073711]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures), Abrahamic religions) (AAT)

	reproductive print [300041569]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works)) (AAT)

	hero [300236801]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	devil (spirit) [300379005]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Quotation in Latin: Bonum certamen certavi cursum consumavi fidem servani in reliquo reposita est. Mihi corona iustitie̜ Pauli apo. ad Timot. C. IIII. The bottom of the frame reads: AA [superimposed] fecit anno D. MDCX Mantuae. Initials BF are shown on a bag in the lower foreground. Below the woodcut a message addressed to Lodovico Gonzaga explains the circumstances and process of the making of the woodcut after a drawing by "Semoleo", Battista Franco.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Eroe cristiano]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 341770
Christian hero battling demons in defense of the religion	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)