print
- Museum number
- W,4.80
- Description
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Allegory of Surprise, a man standing with his arms open, after Parmigianino. 1540s
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks printed in brown
- Production date
- 1540-1550 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 233 millimetres (cut to an oval and laid onto an XVIIIc mount)
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Width: 155 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Attributed by Bartsch tentatively to Ugo da Carpi. Re-attributed to Vicentino by Naoko Takahatake, 'The chiaroscuro woodcut in Renaissance Italy', Los Angeles 2018, cat.47, and dated to the 1540s. This impression was reprinted by Andrea Andreani c.1602-10.
For an early Vicentino impression and comment see 1860,0414.117.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Acquisition notes
- With Philipe's blindstamp and initials
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- W,4.80
