Diogenes
- After
- Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola), Italian, 1503–1540
- Artist
- Ugo da Carpi, Italian, active c.1502–1532
- Date
- c.1527–30
- Material
- Chiaroscuro woodcut
- Printed in
- Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 19 in. x 13 7/8 in. (48.3 x 35.2 cm)
sheet (trimmed to image): 19 in. x 13 7/8 in. (48.3 x 35.2 cm)
framed: 29 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (74 x 58.7 cm) - Credit Line
- The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 23:1984
NOTES
This remarkable woodcut by Ugo da Carpi presents the fourth-century B.C. philosopher Diogenes in a spiraling, muscular pose. Having relinquished all earthly goods, Diogenes is seated naked and immersed in thought with his few possessions: three books, a wooden tub, and a cloak. The plucked chicken at right also appears as an attribute, since Diogenes had mocked Plato's definition of man as a featherless biped.
Ugo da Carpi introduced to Italy the chiaroscuro woodcut, which was developed to suggest the effect of a tonal drawing. He produced this print from four interdependent woodblocks that form a composition when printed together.
Provenance
- 1984
Artemis Fine Arts Limited, London, England
1984 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Artemis Fine Arts Limited [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 7, 1984.
Artemis Fine Arts Limited, London, England
1984 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Artemis Fine Arts Limited [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 7, 1984.