Ugo da Carpi
Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses (Version B)c. 1520-1527

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Artist or Maker: Ugo da Carpi
Italy, Carpi, circa 1468/70-1532
After: Baldassare Peruzzi
Title: Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses (Version B)
Place Made: Italy
Date Made: c. 1520-1527
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (29.21 × 22.54 cm) Image: 11 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (29.21 × 22.54 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number: M.88.91.363
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography: Morenus, Linda Stiber, Charlotte W. Eng, Naoko Takahatake, and Diana C. Rambaldi. "16th- and 17th-century Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts: Instrumental Analysis, Degradation, and Conservation." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 54, no.4 (2015): 238-271.
Takahatake, Naoko. The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2018.