Western Art Prints Collection

Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480 - 1532), printmaker
After Raphael(1483 - 1520), designer

Object Name: : print

The Death of Ananias

Series Title: :

chiaroscuro woodcut, c. 1518

Published In&Nbsp; :

246 x 371 mm Sheet

Reference:
: Bartsch XII.46.27 (ii)

Inscriptions:
: RAPHAEL. VRBINAS. / PER. VGO. DACARPO (centre of image, on the step)

Provenance:
: Francis Douce (L. 689) (on verso)
Bodleian Library

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.; WA1863.1701

Comment:
: A print translating a Raphael design for one of the cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X for tapestries in the Sistine Chapelat the Vatican Palace, now at the V&A. For a discussion of the worksee Oberhuber, K., Gnann, A., 'Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello (1515-1527)', Milan 1999, cat. no. 11.