Il suicidio di Lucrezia
| Reference: | S5226 |
| Author | Enea VICO |
| Year: | 1541 |
| Measures: | 130 x 205 mm |
| Reference: | S5226 |
| Author | Enea VICO |
| Year: | 1541 |
| Measures: | 130 x 205 mm |
Description
Lucretia's suicide, she holds a blade in her left hand, set against a classical arcade, after Raphael. 1541
Engraving, 1541, lettered bottom left 'Tomasius Barl Excudebat 1541' on tablet 'EVS' and Greek on scroll at right.
After a print of the same subject by Marcantonio Raimondi which is after a lost drawing by Raphael, inspired by a classical sculpture of Lucretia, owned in the sixteenth century by Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, later Leo X, for the frescoes of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
Enea Vico (Parma 1523 - Ferrara 1567) was an engraver and numismatist. Settled very young in Rome, he worked for publishers-merchants of prints such as Tommaso Barlacchi and Antonio Salamanca and trained mainly through the study of copperplate engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi and his school. After a stay in Florence (1545) settled in Venice and then move, from 1563, the court of Alfonso II in Ferrara. There are about five hundred engravings of Vico: portraits, series of ancient vases, gems and cameos, engravings of works by Raphael, Michelangelo, Salviati, etc..; the collection Le immagini delle donne auguste (taken from Roman medals, 1557). His fame as a numismatist is confirmed by the volumes Immagini con tutti i riversi trovato et le vite degli imperatori (1548); Discorsi sopra le medaglie degli antichi (1555); Commentari alle antiche medaglie degli imperatori romani (1560).
Good proof, printed on laid paper, trimmed to the copperplate, in perfect condition. On verso CB collection stamp in a rectangle, not mentioned by Lugt.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch, Le Peintre graveur (XV.288.16).
Enea VICO (Parma 1523 - Ferrara 1567)
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Enea, son of Francesco, was antique dealer, drawer, engraver and numismatist. He was born in Parma on January 29th, 1523, according to what Huber says. After the first school years in the city, and very likely after he made acquaintance with the works of Giulio Romano, Vico moved to Rome in 1541. He then worked for Tommaso Barlacchi, who also engraved with him a series of Grottesche, in 1542. In the classical atmosphere of Rome, Vico’s style developed according to that of Perin del Vaga and Francesco Salviati, but always with Parmigianino as main reference. Around the first half of the century and after studying the works of Marcantonio, Agostino Veneziano, Caraglio and Bonasone, Vico acquired his own, peculiar style which can be seen in his main works. From Rome Vico moved to Florence, where he worked for Cosimo I, and then went to Venice, in 1557. In 1563 he is already in Ferrara, working for Alfonso d’Este till his death in 1567.
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Enea VICO (Parma 1523 - Ferrara 1567)
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Enea, son of Francesco, was antique dealer, drawer, engraver and numismatist. He was born in Parma on January 29th, 1523, according to what Huber says. After the first school years in the city, and very likely after he made acquaintance with the works of Giulio Romano, Vico moved to Rome in 1541. He then worked for Tommaso Barlacchi, who also engraved with him a series of Grottesche, in 1542. In the classical atmosphere of Rome, Vico’s style developed according to that of Perin del Vaga and Francesco Salviati, but always with Parmigianino as main reference. Around the first half of the century and after studying the works of Marcantonio, Agostino Veneziano, Caraglio and Bonasone, Vico acquired his own, peculiar style which can be seen in his main works. From Rome Vico moved to Florence, where he worked for Cosimo I, and then went to Venice, in 1557. In 1563 he is already in Ferrara, working for Alfonso d’Este till his death in 1567.
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