Ugo da Carpi
Sybil Reading, Facing Right

ArtistItalian (Modenese), 1450–1520/32
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Sybil Reading, Facing Right
Datec. 1518
MediumChiaroscuro woodcut in black and tan on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (26.7 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert
Object number2015.394
Non exposé

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Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; Mr. and Mrs. Percy (1907-2000) Simmons, Indianapolis; [Harris Schrank, New York]; purchased by Dr. Craig Calvert, Cypress, Texas, by 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Beyond Black and White: Chiaroscuro Prints from Indiana Collections," Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, October 11–December 24, 1989; Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 1–July 1, 1990.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right center: #22

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: #22/ANON/ugo / a14235 150-
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Catalogue raisonnéBartsch XII.89.6; Johnson 4; Servolini 5

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