The Ruines of the Amphitheatre and Aquaeduct of Mynturna
| Reference: | S51949 |
| Author | William Lodge |
| Year: | 1671 |
| Zone: | Minturno |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 162 x 85 mm |
€250.00
| Reference: | S51949 |
| Author | William Lodge |
| Year: | 1671 |
| Zone: | Minturno |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 162 x 85 mm |
€250.00
Description
Rarissima veduta dell’anfiteatro e acquedotto di Minturno di William Lodge.
La stampa illustra il rarissimo Viaggio pittoresco d’Italia di Giacomo Barri, illustrato dalle incisioni di Lodge.
Jacques de Pierre de Bar alias Giacomo Barri (ca. 1636-ca. 1690), giunto a Venezia da Lione all’età di quattro anni, fu un esponente significativo della scena artistica lagunare del Seicento maturo. Pittore copista, incisore d’après e scrittore d’arte, pubblicò nel 1671 il Viaggio pittoresco d’Italia: la prima guida “tascabile” alla pittura dei grandi maestri italiani, che fu presto tradotta a Londra nel 1679, a cura dell’incisore William Lodge di Leeds. L’innovativa creazione editoriale di Barri, già segnalata nella poderosa Kunstliteratur di Julius von Schlosser come il primo vero e proprio episodio della “letteratura dei Ciceroni”, ma da allora rimasta inesplorata, divenne un utile strumento di viaggio per gli amatori e curiosi d’arte, così come, in traduzione, la prima guida tascabile per gli aristocratici europei invaghiti dell’Italia e della sua pittura, agli esordi del Grand Tour.
Acquaforte, margini destro aggiunto, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione.
William Lodge (4 Luglio 1649 – 1689)
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Was an English engraver and printmaker of the Baroque period.
He was born in Yorkshire, where his father was a merchant, and he inherited a degree of financial independence. Lodge was educated first at Leeds, then at Jesus College in Cambridge, then studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He however mostly appears to have been employed in drawing and engraving. He was a friend of the fellow engraver, Francis Place, and enjoyed an informal salon of intellectuals at York. These included Dr. Martin Lister, Ralph Thoresby, and Henry Gyles the glass painter.
Lodge is known best for his engravings. When he accompanied Thomas Belasyse, Earl of Fanconbery, on his embassy to Venice, he became acquainted with a picture book, Viaggio Pittoresco, by Giacomo Barri). The chapters were introduced by a vedute of a city or town of Italy, and followed by a series of engravings of famous paintings in that locus. Lodge had the book republished, copying images. It was entitled The Painter's Voyage of Italy, in which all the famous paintings of the most eminent Masters are particularised, as they are preserved in the several cities of Italy.
He also engraved scientific papers for Martin Lister. He is known to have engraved a portrait of Oliver Cromwell. He was an avid draughtsman of landscapes throughout England, Wales, and Ireland.
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William Lodge (4 Luglio 1649 – 1689)
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Was an English engraver and printmaker of the Baroque period.
He was born in Yorkshire, where his father was a merchant, and he inherited a degree of financial independence. Lodge was educated first at Leeds, then at Jesus College in Cambridge, then studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He however mostly appears to have been employed in drawing and engraving. He was a friend of the fellow engraver, Francis Place, and enjoyed an informal salon of intellectuals at York. These included Dr. Martin Lister, Ralph Thoresby, and Henry Gyles the glass painter.
Lodge is known best for his engravings. When he accompanied Thomas Belasyse, Earl of Fanconbery, on his embassy to Venice, he became acquainted with a picture book, Viaggio Pittoresco, by Giacomo Barri). The chapters were introduced by a vedute of a city or town of Italy, and followed by a series of engravings of famous paintings in that locus. Lodge had the book republished, copying images. It was entitled The Painter's Voyage of Italy, in which all the famous paintings of the most eminent Masters are particularised, as they are preserved in the several cities of Italy.
He also engraved scientific papers for Martin Lister. He is known to have engraved a portrait of Oliver Cromwell. He was an avid draughtsman of landscapes throughout England, Wales, and Ireland.
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