Wilton album, folio 24b: Saint Matthew, from the larger series of Christ and the Apostles
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian
Not on view
On folio 24 with one other print: 27.78.1(115)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
A print from the larger series of 13 plates by Schiavone depicting Christ and the Apostles singly (B. XVI.56.38-50), dated by Richardson to around 1550. Schiavone had earlier executed a similar series in smaller format that was heavily dependant on designs by Parmigianino (B. XVI.54.24-37; 27.78.1(42-57)). In this larger later series Schiavone no longer relies on Parmigianino models, though his style is still heavily influences by the Emilian master.
This is an impression of a state earlier than the one reproduced in The Illustrated Bartsch, before the additional shading on the apostle's head and right side and the addition of tassels to the hem of his robe. For a stronger, untrimmed impression of this, presumably first, state see 26.70.3(164)
