Tapestries
Tapestries
UGO DA CARPI (C. 1480-1532)
The Death of Ananias
dated 1518Chiaroscuro woodcut, from four blocks in ochre | 23.4 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853125
A chiaroscuro woodcut after Raphael's design for the Sistine Chapel tapestry of 'The Death of Ananias' now hanging in the Vatican Museums (inv. no.43870). Second state. Lettered with artists' names on a step. The first state bears the date of execution (1518) and privilege obtained from Pope Leo X and the Venetian Senate. See RCIN 853124.
No preparatory studies for the composition survive. The original tapestry cartoon by Raphael is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on loan from the Royal Collection (see RCIN 912947). It has been suggested that Ugo da Carpi's chiaroscuro woodcut may be based on an engraving of the same subject by Agostino Veneziano (see RICNs 853122, 853123). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
No preparatory studies for the composition survive. The original tapestry cartoon by Raphael is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on loan from the Royal Collection (see RCIN 912947). It has been suggested that Ugo da Carpi's chiaroscuro woodcut may be based on an engraving of the same subject by Agostino Veneziano (see RICNs 853122, 853123). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
23.4 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican-Sistine Chapel tapestries
- Sistine Chapel [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Places
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.131-2, no.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.128-9, no.19 (entry by Manuela Rossi) (Ugo da Carpi 2009 : Ugo da Carpi, l'opera incisa : xilografie e chiaroscuri da Tiziano, Raffaello e Parmigianino / a cura di Manuela Rossi, 2009)
