Christ and other religious subjects
Images of Christ and Other Religious Subjects / Other religious compositions
AFTER UGO DA CARPI (C. 1480-1532)
A Sybil (?) Reading from a Book with a Child Holding a Torch
c.1500-1550Chiaroscuro woodcut | 26.7 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850630
A chiaroscuro woodcut, copy of the print by Ugo da Carpi (See RCIN 850628 for the print by da Carpi which is after a design reputed to be by Raphael or a member of his circle). Printed from two blocks in red.
Creator(s)
After Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)
After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.7 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper)
26.2 x 22.5 cm (image)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.166, V.1 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp.126-7, under no.18 (entry by Tania Previdi) (Ugo da Carpi 2009 : Ugo da Carpi, l'opera incisa : xilografie e chiaroscuri da Tiziano, Raffaello e Parmigianino / a cura di Manuela Rossi, 2009)
