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Great battle at the foot of a fortified city
| Reference: | S47107 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Measures: | 405 x 300 mm |
€600.00
- New
| Reference: | S47107 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Measures: | 405 x 300 mm |
€600.00
Description
However, this extremely rare engraving, larger than the Florentine artist's usual plate size, does not appear to belong to any of his known series.
The print, in fact, is not described by Bartsch and is not present in major museum collections.
The only example we have been able to identify is the one held in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe of the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna.
Our example bears the address of the Milanese publisher Giovanni Ambrogio Perego, active in the early decades of the 17th century. This is certainly a second state of the plate.
A magnificent work, rich in tones, printed on thin contemporary laid paper without watermark. Traces of vertical folds are visible on the verso. Otherwise, it is in excellent condition. An extremely rare work, undescribed.
Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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