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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
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • 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.