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Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480 - 1532), printmaker
After Raphael(1483 - 1520), designer
Andrea Andreani (c. 1558/1559 - 1629), publisher
Object name:print
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Series title:
chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1518
Published in Mantova
242 x 353 mm Sheet
Reference:
Bartsch XII.37.13 (ii)
Inscriptions:
RAPHELVRB / INVEN / AA / In mantova / 1609 (lower left)
Provenance:
Edward Pearf (L. 893) (recto)
Francis Douce
Bodleian Library
Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.; WA1863.1699
Comment:
A print translating a Raphael design for one of the cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace, now at the V&A. A late edition published by Andreani in 1609. For a discussion of the work see Oberhuber, K., Gnann, A., Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello (1515-1527), Milan 1999, cat. 8.
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