Alessandro Gandini was a sixteenth-century Italian artist.[1] His most commonly known works are two chiaroscuro woodcuts called The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor and Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee. The latter work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

References

  1. Jan Johnson, 'Alessandro Gandini: Uncovering the Identity of a Chiaroscuro Woodcutter', Print Quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 1, 2013, pp. 3-13.
  2. "Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Accession No. 22.67.42)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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