"The Holy Shroud of Besançon" by Jean De Loisy (1634)
Engraving in black and yellowish brown, with hand additions in red gouache on cream, silk satin weave, folded.
Commentary
Commentary
"The Holy Shroud of Besançon" by Jean De Loisy (1634) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together.
Its painted surface guides your eye through color, brushwork, and contrast rather than through narrative alone.
Themes to notice include engraving.
This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection.
Jean De Loisy is the artist behind this work.
A useful anchor for reading the piece: Jean de Loisy
French, 1603-after 1660.
The work is cataloged within a France cultural context.
How to look at this work:
It is cataloged as engraving, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object.
Its medium (Engraving in black and yellowish brown, with hand additions in red gouache on cream, silk satin weave, folded) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances.
Its listed dimensions (Image: 27.5 × 41.8 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.); Plate: 27.4 × 41.7 cm (10 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 31 × 44.2 cm (12 1/4 × 17 7/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person.
Subject cues from the catalog include engraving.
Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/217045
Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
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