Lot 11: Ugo da Carpi circa 1480-1520 , the death of ananias (bartsch xii, 46.27)

Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in shades of brown and black, after Raphael, second state (of three), before the inscription on the steps was erased, on paper with a Three Mounts with Cross watermark, with margins, borderline retouched in places, a central vertical printer's crease, slight foxing

240 by 367mm; 9 1/2 by 14 1/2 in

This chiaroscuro woodcut reproduces one of Raphael's tapestry cartoons commissioned in 1515 by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel depicting scenes from the lives of the Apostles. The cartoons are in the Queen's collection, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.