The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
1514–15, printed 1549
- Medium
- woodcut
- Dimensions
- 40 × 55 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-199671
This composition is made up of 12 separately printed woodcuts to create one image in grand scale. The size rivals that of a history painting, and, unlike most prints, the composition would have been hung on the wall. This is confirmed by the lack of complete impressions from the date of the print's creation—around 1515. This and all extant impressions date from a later edition, published in 1549 by the publisher Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, active 1543–1558). The woodcut is based on a drawing by the Venetian master Titian, and the bold, expressive, and irregular marks of the woodcutter imi…
Provenance
Severance Fund, 1952.296
Registry history
- 1514–15, printed 1549 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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