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Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 25 x 16.7 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)(trimmed c.5-7 mm outside the oval borderline)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1699
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, bottom, in pen and brown ink, "Francisco Parmisan"ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (mark not in Lugt); Mary Jane Morgan, New York (d. before 1886)(Lugt 1879); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Raphael and His Mistress
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
The Massacre of the Innocents
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
St. Peter Preaching the Gospel
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
St. Peter Preaching the Gospel
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
Diogenes
Ugo da Carpi
mid 1520s
The Circumcision
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
David Beheading Goliath
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
Pan
Ugo da Carpi
mid 16th century
The Circumcision
Ugo da Carpi
early 16th century
The Death of Ananias
Ugo da Carpi
1518