Diogenes

c. 1524–27

Ugo da Carpi

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532)

Prints

Diogenes, c. 1524–27. Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532), after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in four shades of green); sheet: 47.7 x 34.7 cm (18 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1923.1052 In his Lives of the Artists (1550), Giorgio Vasari described Diogenes twice, praising it as Ugo da Carpi's most accomplished and beautiful print.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ugo da Carpi
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in four shades of green)
Medium: chiaroscuro, woodcut, shades, green
Dimensions: Sheet: 47.7 x 34.7 cm (18 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: lower left, in block: FRANCISCVS / PARMEN· / PER·UGO CARP Inscription: verso, upper center, in graphite: Sadeler 1757 / N° 4 Inscription: upper right, in graphite: 10376 Inscription: across center, in pen and brown ink: N 13 [t?]alla[nf?]o [I.vinton?] [entire inscription is upsidedown] Inscription: lower left, in graphite: hos[...3--3--.] Inscription: lower left, in pen and brown ink: [illegible monogram] Inscription: lower left, in graphite: H. de Carpo after Parmesan / Diogenes B XII p.100.10; Inscription: lower right, in graphite: [illegible] Inscription: lower right, in graphite: mp[n...?]/2250[the'50' is smaller, raised, and underlined]
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1923.1052
Credit Line: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Exhibitions: Old Master Prints and Drawings, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions, Printing in Color, Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection, Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
Rights Statement: CC0