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Description: | Inscr in block on book b.l.: "FRANCISCVS/PARMEN./PER.VGO.CARP" Inscr in pencil on verso: "61/Diogenes/Archimede (crossed out)/B.6.10/Ugo da Carpi/XII p.53"/"Ce superbe morceau/est extremement rare."/(Bartsch p.51)/5f AFTER PARMIGIANINO, Francesco Mazzola; (Italian; 1503-1540) CRE CARPI, Ugo da; (Italian; c.1480-1532) Second state. Printed from four blocks. This is a very important and influential print. It was described by Vasari as the most beautiful print ever made by Ugo da Carpi.
Diogenes of Sinope (c.412-323 B.C.) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose simple life prefigured the Christian ideal of abandoning wealth. Parmigianino's monumental nude Diogenes, inspired by Michelangelo's ignudi, is one of the masterpieces of Renaissance printmaking. Signed by the printmaker, and printed from 4 blocks, it was probably made in Rome as a collaboration between artist and printmaker. No drawings survive, so Parmigianino possibly drew the image onto the blocks himself. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PLATO : CHICKEN : NUDE : BARREL : MOCKERY : PHILOSOPHER : CYNIC : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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