The term ‘chiaroscuro’ describes the effects of light and shade in a work of art, particularly when they are strongly contrasting. The term is mainly associated with 17th-century artists, particularly Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italy, 1571-1610) and Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Netherlands, 1606-1669) whose handling of light and shade is unsurpassed in subtlety and expressiveness, not only in his paintings, but also in his etchings and drawings.