1608
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Christ Healing the Lepers is a 1608 by Andrea Andreani, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Christ and his twelve apostles healing a group of lepers. The scene is set on Christ's way to Jerusalem. The artist reworked earlier blocks from other artists, adding his own touches. The artist's use of earlier blocks is interesting. He acquired them after 1599 and published them as his own, sometimes making changes. This practice was not uncommon at the time. You can learn more about this technique by looking into chiaroscuro.
This print portrays Christ—with the twelve apostles—miraculously healing a group of lepers encountered on his way to Jerusalem. Andrea Andreani who, after 1599, acquired a number of the earlier blocks of artists like Vicentino and Ugo de Carpi. He published these as his own, reworking them in some cases and adding his initials, an in the CMA example.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Andrea Andreani (1540–1623) was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours.
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