Nicolò Boldrini. Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata. 1535–1545. Italy. Woodcut in black on paper Technical developments in printmaking techniques allowed artists to reproduce the tonal complexities of painted compositions. In this woodcut after a design by Titian, the cutter accomplished a lively sense of differentiated surfaces through the use of graphic patterns. The dynamic lines of the landscape serve to heighten Francis’s gesture of religious rapture.

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