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Tapestries

      UGO DA CARPI (C. 1480-1532)

      The Death of Ananias

      dated 1518

      Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in grey | 26.8 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853124

      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). First state. Lettered with text in Latin below image including names of artists, date of production and privilege obtained from Pope Leo X and the Venetian Senate. For a second state impression see RCIN 853125.

      No preparatory studies for the final tapestry 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 dating c.1516 (see RICNs 853122, 853123). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

      • Creator(s)

        Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)

        Subject(s)

        Saint Peter

      • 26.8 x 38.0 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
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.131-2, no.V.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)

        Ugo da Carpi 2009 : Ugo da Carpi, l'opera incisa : xilografie e chiaroscuri da Tiziano, Raffaello e Parmigianino / a cura di Manuela Rossi, 2009 pp.128-9, no.19 (entry by Manuela Rossi)

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.248 B.V.13

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