'Diogenes', after 1527. Artist: Ugo da Carpi

'Diogenes', after 1527. Artist: Ugo da Carpi

2-548-711 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'Diogenes', after 1527. Diogenes (c400-323 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher who was one of the founders of the philosophy of Cynicism. Ugo da Carpi was the first Italian artist to utilise the chiaroscuro technique of woodcut printmaking. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Ugo da Carpi, attributed to: Italian: Artist, woodcut printmaker
After
  1. Parmigianino: Italian: Artist, painter, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Diogenes: Ancient Greek: Philosopher

Medium
  1. Woodcut

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3216x4402
File Size : 41,476kb


Aliases

  1. 2113
  1. 0760002027
  1. 2-548-711
  1. 2113
  1. 2548711

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