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Lot 95
  • 95

Ugo da Carpi ca. 1480-1520

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Description

  • Ugo da Carpi
  • the death of ananias (bartsch xii, 46.27)
  • 240 by 367mm; 9 1/2 by 14 1/2 in
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in shades of brown and black, after Raphael, second state (of three), before the inscription on the steps was erased, on paper with a Three Mounts with Cross watermark, with margins, borderline retouched in places, a central vertical printer's crease, slight foxing

Catalogue Note

This chiaroscuro woodcut reproduces one of Raphael's tapestry cartoons commissioned in 1515 by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel depicting scenes from the lives of the Apostles. The cartoons are in the Queen's collection, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.