Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch
1518–27
Ugo da Carpi
Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532)
Prints
Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch, 1518–27. Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532), Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Chiaroscuro woodcut; platemark: 26.8 x 21.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.); sheet: 27.5 x 22.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1979.93 The large number of surviving prints of this subject suggests it was one of the most repeated Italian chiaroscuro woodcut designs.
- Maker/Artist
- Ugo da Carpi
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Medium
- chiaroscuro, woodcut
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 26.8 x 21.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 x 22.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: On the window upper left, in tone block: "R"
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1979.93
- Credit Line
- Delia E. Holden Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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