Je finis un excellent roman, "Une petite légende dorée" d'Adrien Goetz où le personnage principal rentre dans la National Gallery de Washington et découvre un panneau du Maître de l'Observance.

Guido Reni and Bartolomeo Coriolano, Herodias and Salome, 1631, chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks on blue paper, block: 16.7 x 19 cm (6 9/16 x 7 1/2); sheet: 19.6 x 21.6 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/2) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Anonymous Gift

WASHINGTON, DC.- The last flowering of the woodcut in its classic form will be revealed in The Baroque Woodcut, an exhibition of approximately 80 prints and illustrated books on view at the National Gallery of Art, on view through March 30, 2008, in the West Building prints and drawings galleries. Woodcuts achieved a final triumph in the baroque era when painters of outstanding caliber, such as Peter Paul Rubens and Guido Reni, chose it as a dramatic means for expressing the energy and refinement of their draftsmanship.
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