Descent from the Cross | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M657
People: Ugo da Carpi, Italian (c. 1480 - 1532)
After Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title: Descent from the Cross
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1520-1523
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/255086

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions: 35.7 x 28.7 cm (14 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Brayton Ives

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i
Standard Reference Number: B. XII, 43, 22; Bial. D. I

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year: 1915
Object Number: M657
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 318, p. 272, repr.
Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2018), p. 85, notes 5, 8

Exhibition History

Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

Verification Level

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M657: Descent from the Cross