1/internal/media/dispatcher/13959/fullVirgin and Child with Young St John the Baptist1650-1695Andrea AndreaniFAS/D/7714898801246This drawing is a 17th-century copy after a chiaroscuro woodcut by Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani which was made in 1591. It appears to be a training exercise as it is almost a traced copy of the woodcut with black pen lines matching the line block, but freehand brown washes that reproduce the effect of the two tone blocks, and chalk to mimic the blank paper used by Casolani to create highlights. It may have been made as a study in creating tonal effects using ink washes and white chalk, by copying the light-dark (chiaroscuro) effects in the print.