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Unknown (woodcutter)
Ugo da Carpi (after)
Raphael (after)
Raphael and his mistress (c. 1527)
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in brown, grey and black inks
30.0 × 21.8 cm (image) 30.9 × 22.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within block mark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Raphael and his mistress
(c. 1527)
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in brown, grey and black inks
Measurements
30.0 × 21.8 cm (image) 30.9 × 22.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within block mark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
The history of the chiaroscuro woodcut in Italy begins with Ugo da Carpi, who made fifteen works between 1516 and 1530. Most of these were made after designs by Raphael and artists in his circle, and this, together with the woodcuts’ technical sophistication, helped establish a new market for the prints. Da Carpi’s blocks were often copied by other woodcutters, as exemplified by this reversed copy of one of his chiaroscuros of the 1520s. The subject of this enigmatic print was identified by the Italian art historian Giorgio Vasari as Raphael talking with his mistress. Other interpretations, prompted by the figures’ ancient dress, have included Ulysses talking with the allegorical figure of Fortune, or Aeneas consulting the Cumaean Sibyl.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch XII.141.3
Accession Number
2291-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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