Descent from the Cross
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Accession Number
1925.984
Tags
male
About this artwork
Ugo da Carpi was influential in the development of the chiaroscuro woodcut in Italy. The term chiaroscuro combines the Italian words chiaro (light) and scuro (dark). Invented to emulate drawings with light and dark pigments on tinted paper, the printing technique uses multiple woodblocks to layer different tones of color. The Descent from the Cross is one of the earliest chiaroscuro woodcuts by Ugo da Carpi. This print credits Raphael with its design: it was inspired by one of Raphael's now-lost...