Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch

1518–27

Ugo da Carpi

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

Prints

Sibyl Reading with a Child Holding a Torch, 1518–27. Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532), Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Chiaroscuro woodcut; platemark: 26.8 x 21.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.); sheet: 27.5 x 22.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1979.93 The large number of surviving prints of this subject suggests it was one of the most repeated Italian chiaroscuro woodcut designs.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ugo da Carpi
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut
Medium: chiaroscuro, woodcut
Dimensions: Platemark: 26.8 x 21.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 x 22.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: On the window upper left, in tone block: "R"
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1979.93
Credit Line: Delia E. Holden Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review: 1979, Printing in Color, Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
Rights Statement: CC0