A heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand, about 1870-1875, after Giulio Campagnola's burin engraving "Christ and the Woman of Samaria": the meeting at the well, with a Venetian lagoon and a bell tower behind. Printed on deckle-edged laid paper.
A heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand, about 1870-1875, after Giulio Campagnola's burin engraving "Christ and the Woman of Samaria": the meeting at the well, with a Venetian lagoon and a bell tower behind. Printed on deckle-edged laid paper.
Campagnola (Padua, c. 1482 - Venice, c. 1515/18) brought into engraving the stipple technique that imitates the gradations of Venetian painting; the composition has also been connected with Giorgione, Titian and Sebastiano del Piombo.
Medium: heliogravure on laid paper
Artist / after: Giulio Campagnola (c. 1482 - c. 1515/18)
Engraver: Charles Amand-Durand (1831-1905)
Date: about 1870-1875
Dimensions: Plate mark 8.0 x 6.0 in (20.2 x 15.2 cm); sheet 12.4 x 17.7 in (31.5 x 45 cm)
Condition: good