Aeneas and Anchises dated 1518

Chiaroscuro woodcut, from four blocks | 50.2 x 36.4 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851724

After Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532)

Description

A copy of a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (RCIN 851723: after a design by Raphael). Printed from four blocks. Lettered within image with date and privilege from Pope Leo X. Laid down on a sheet with pencil annotations. Partially trimmed along the right edge. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
People involved

Creator(s)

After
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(wood cutter)

After
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(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Chiaroscuro woodcut, from four blocks

Measurements

50.2 x 36.4 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper)

51.8 x 34.8 cm (backing paper) (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Fiction
Tales & legends
Myths
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Aeneas
Anchises
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.130 C.XVIII.2a(add)

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