Diogenes (before 1527): Artwork and History
Diogenes at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Diogenes (before 1527) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1480-1535) or after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540).
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
Renowned as one of the best prints of the sixteenth century, this masterpiece by the great woodcut artist not only reveals his absorption of Roman High Renaissance art but also paves the way for the dynamism of the Baroque. Diogenes, a fourth century B.C. Greek philosopher, chose the hardship of dwelling in a wooden tub, seen in the background. The plucked rooster reflects his ridicule of his contemporary, Plato, who defined man as a featherless biped.
Object facts
- Title: Diogenes
- Date: before 1527
- Artist attribution: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1480-1535) or after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
- Place of origin: Italy
- Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: 46 × 34.1 cm (18 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Department: Prints and Drawings
- Reference number: 1932.1280
Collection credit
Gift of Guy H. Mitchell
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