Art Archive

Ugo da Carpi

Ugo da Carpi is a key figure of the Italian Renaissance whose name is bound to the chiaroscuro woodcut, a process he helped establish by printing tone blocks over a line block to build up modeling and colour. His subjects range from classical myth and allegory to sacred narrative and the solitary sibyl, as in his Penelope and Odysseus or the death of Ananias. This archive gathers seventeen of his sheets, dominated by two- and three-block chiaroscuro woodcuts in brown, green, blue and gray, with impressions up to 1520.

17 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Ugo da Carpi — The Death of Ananias, Surrounded by Apostles (1518, Met-Objekt 5951)
The Death of Ananias, Surrounded by Apostles (1518, Met-Objekt 5951)
1518 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — The Death of Ananias Surrounded by Apostles
The Death of Ananias Surrounded by Apostles
1518 · Woodcut, key block
 Ugo da Carpi — The Death of Ananias, Surrounded by Apostles (1518, Met-Objekt 5953)
The Death of Ananias, Surrounded by Apostles (1518, Met-Objekt 5953)
1518 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — A Sibyl reading a book facing left (after 1518)
A Sibyl reading a book facing left (after 1518)
after 1518 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — Hercules and Antaeus (ca. 1517–18)
Hercules and Antaeus (ca. 1517–18)
ca. 1517–18 · Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in green-blue
 Ugo da Carpi — A Sybil reading facing right
A Sybil reading facing right
ca. 1517–18 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — A Sibyl Reading a Book Facing Right (ca. 1517–18, Met-Objekt 5987)
A Sibyl Reading a Book Facing Right (ca. 1517–18, Met-Objekt 5987)
ca. 1517–18 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — A Sibyl Reading a Book Facing Right (ca. 1517–18, Met-Objekt 5988)
A Sibyl Reading a Book Facing Right (ca. 1517–18, Met-Objekt 5988)
ca. 1517–18 · Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — Hercules and the Nemean Lion (ca. 1517–18)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion (ca. 1517–18)
ca. 1517–18 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in pale green
 Ugo da Carpi — A Sibyl reading a book facing left (ca. 1518)
A Sibyl reading a book facing left (ca. 1518)
ca. 1518 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — Penelope and Odysseus
Penelope and Odysseus
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in blue and gray
 Ugo da Carpi — David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5983)
David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5983)
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in green
 Ugo da Carpi — The young Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness
The young Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5992)
David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5992)
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in green
 Ugo da Carpi — David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5993)
David and Goliath (ca. 1520–27, Met-Objekt 5993)
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown
 Ugo da Carpi — Resurrection of Christ
Resurrection of Christ
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in green
 Ugo da Carpi — The Massacre of the Innocents (ca. 1520–27)
The Massacre of the Innocents (ca. 1520–27)
ca. 1520–27 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in brown