Ugo da Carpi

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Descent from the Cross, around 1520, color woodcut after a drawing by the painter Raffael
Ugo da Carpi's application for the patent for the Chiaroscuro woodcut, 1516, with a note that his application was approved

Ugo da Carpi (* 1480 in Carpi ; † between 1520 and 1532 in Rome ) was an Italian wood cutter .

Ugo da Carpi, son of the Count Palatine and notary Astolfo da Panico , stayed for a long time in Venice , where he obtained a privilege in what he renamed the Clairobscur section . He has been mistakenly regarded as the inventor of the chiaroscuro in three printing plates , and in his petition to the Senate of Venice mentioned, he himself speaks of an invention that he claims to have made. However, ten years earlier, Hans Burgkmair and Lucas Cranach had already printed in color woodcut. In 1516 he received the patent for this new technique from the Senate in Venice , and two years later from Pope Leo X. Da Carpi was an excellent woodcutter who knew how to reproduce, among other things, the drawings of Raphael and Parmigianino with understanding and painterly effect .

In 1972 frescoes attributed to him were discovered in Civitavecchia . In 2009 these frescoes were judged by art historians and classified as “exceptional”. The representations are copies of Raphael's stamps in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican in Rome.

literature

  • Odoardo Hillyer Giglioli: Carpi, Ugo there . In: Enciclpedia Italiana 1931 ( online at treccani.it )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Italy: Man found 500 year old frescoes in the bedroom. In: Spiegel Online . December 3, 2009, accessed June 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ugo da Carpi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Carpi (Province of Modena) , Italy
DATE OF DEATH between 1520 and 1532
Place of death Rome