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Venus and Cupids

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
early 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in light tan and two shades of black
Dimensions Sheet: 27.1 x 40.8 cm (10 11/16 x 16 1/16 in.)(trimmed around the oval image)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1092
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.107.3
Descriptionlacking the next-to-lightest tone block
Marks Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964