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Chiaroscuro Woodcut after Parmigianino's "The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas"

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Niccolò Vicentino
active 1540-1550

Chiaroscuro Woodcut after Parmigianino's "The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas"

Published

Bologna, 1540s

Chiaroscuro woodcut.
sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 inches (155 x 228 mm); design: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (143 x 207 mm)
IV, 44a
Notes
Although traditionally attributed to Ugo da Carpi, this woodcut is now generally believed to be instead by Niccolò Vicentino, one of a group of prints made by him after drawings by Parmigianino.
Associated names
Carpi, Ugo da, 1480-approximately 1532, formerly attributed to.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540. Contest of Apollo and Marsyas.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540, After.
Bibliography

Cf. Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, 2018, pages 124-163.

Classification
Print
Department
Drawings and Prints
Century prints
16th century
School
Italian
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