id:			107806
accession number:	1925.443
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.443
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:03.492000

Hercules Driving Envy from the Temple of the Muses, 1522–24. Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532), after Balthasar Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in black and gray); sheet: 29.5 x 22.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1925.443

title:				Hercules Driving Envy from the Temple of the Muses
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creation date:			1522–24
creation date earliest:		1522
creation date latest:		1524
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creditline:			Gift of Ralph King
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut (in black and gray)
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch 12 (XII.133)

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CREATORS

* Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1479–c. 1532)  - artist
Born in Carpi (modern-day province of Modena) in ca. 1468/70, Ugo da Carpi was the first Italian chiaroscuro woodcut designer. Active in Venice from around 1509, he produced several woodcuts from small book illustrations to monumental multi-block prints. Concerned with issues relating to authenticity, Ugo usually signed his works, an uncommon practice at that time. In 1516, he petitioned the Venetian Senate for the privilege of having invented the technique of chiaroscuro woodcut. however, it is likely that Ugo developed his method upon seeing earlier German examples. In his prints, Ugo abandoned the traditional cross-hatching manner in favor of the use of tone blocks. In 1516-18, Ugo moved to Rome and executed the majority of his chiaroscuro woodcuts after designs by Raphael and through the intermediary of engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi and Agostino Veneziano. After the sack of Rome in 1527, Ugo settled in Bologna where he collaborated with Parmigianino, before dying in 1532.
* Balthasar Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536)  - artist
Baldassarre Peruzzi (1481-1536) was a painter, architect, and a prolific draftsman from Siena. He worked in Rome in contact with Raphael's circle from 1503 until the sack of the city in 1527.
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measurements: Sheet: 29.5 x 22.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
state of the work:	ii/ii
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in block: ·BAL·SEN·
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	inscription:	lower right, in block: PERVGO
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	inscription:	verso, upper right, in pen and brown ink: 2--6
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	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: WO / 2119 / V[underlined] L4[?]
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	inscription:	lower right, pen and brown ink: B[the remainder of the word is illegible]
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	inscription:	scattered across sheet, graphite and pen and brown ink: [illegible marks]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Printing in Color
	opening date:   1985-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland Heights, OH
	date: ?-1925
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 24, 1925
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