Christ and other religious subjects
Images of Christ and Other Religious Subjects / Other religious compositions
UGO DA CARPI (C. 1480-1532)
A Sybil (?) Reading from a Book with a Child Holding a Torch
c.1520-1532Chiaroscuro woodcut | 26.2 x 21.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850628
A chiaroscuro woodcut after a design reputed to be by Raphael or a member of his circle. First state. Printed from two blocks in green.
Creator(s)
Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)
After? Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
26.2 x 21.3 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Sibyls (myth)
- Sibyls-Reading
- Sibyls (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.162, under no.A5
Ugo da Carpi 2009 : Ugo da Carpi, l'opera incisa : xilografie e chiaroscuri da Tiziano, Raffaello e Parmigianino / a cura di Manuela Rossi, 2009 pp.126-7, no.18 (entry by Tania Previdi)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.53 D.XII.4
