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TITLE:  Circe

CALL NUMBER:  FP - XVI - C298, no. 59 (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-18707 (digital file from original print)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print showing Circe, standing on a wharf with dragon-like serpents, offering a drink to sailors as their ship passes.

MEDIUM:  1 print : chiaroscuro woodcut, color ; 23 x 21.2 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [between 1500 and 1530, printed later]

CREATOR:

Carpi, Ugo da, 1480-ca. 1532, artist.

RELATED NAMES:

Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
Andreani, Andrea, ca. 1560-1623.

NOTES:

Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28.

After Parmigianino (1503-1540).

Republished by Andrea Andreani (1560-1623).

Print originally part of Pembroke album, no. 59. DLC

Graphic sampler, p. 27, no. 59

SUBJECTS:

Circe (Greek mythology)
Sailors.
Eating & drinking.
Sea monsters.
Temptation.

FORMAT:

Allegorical prints 1500-1610.
Chiaroscuro woodcuts Color 1500-1610.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) ppmsca 18707 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18707

CONTROL #:  2008678921



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