- New
Portrait of Alfonso IV d'Este
| Reference: | S47037 |
| Author | Francesco Antonio LUCINI |
| Year: | 1658 |
| Measures: | 112 x 215 mm |
€800.00
- New
| Reference: | S47037 |
| Author | Francesco Antonio LUCINI |
| Year: | 1658 |
| Measures: | 112 x 215 mm |
€800.00
Description
Etching, 1658, signed with monogram and dated in plate at bottom, in dedication to Marquis Alfonso Rangoni: All Ill. Sig.r Marche.se Alfonso Rangoni AF. Fece D.D 1658.
Very rare portrait of Alfonso IV d'Este (Modena, February 1634 - July 16, 1662), duke of Modena and Reggio from 1658 to 1662, made on the occasion of his proclamation.
Work not described in the bibliography and not found in major museum collections.
Born in Florence in 1610, Anton Francesco Lucini was trained in the stimulating artistic environment of the Tuscan city. Lucini became a pupil of the established French engraver Jacques Callot, who was active in Tuscany at that time under the protection of Christina of Lorraine. In the same years Lucini frequented and collaborated with his contemporary Stefano della Bella, whose style and thematic repertoire he imitated. During this period, Lucini worked mainly on drawings by others, alternating between illustrating books and prints.
Magnificent proof, rich in tone, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, small stain at lower left, otherwise in excellent condition.
Francesco Antonio LUCINI (Firenze 1605 circa - ?)
|
Florentine etcher. First recorded as Callot's assistant in Florence in 1616; in 1621, as Callot's request, followed him to Nancy where he continued to act as his assistant. One set of plates known that he published there. Later returned to Italy, where still active in 1634.
He is best known for a series of engravings entitled Disegni della guerra, assedio dell'armata turchesca all'Isola di Malta l'anno MDXLV (Bologna, 1631). He also produced the plates for the monumental work by Sir Robert Dudley (1573-1649): Dell'arcano del mare (Florence, 1646-7), a project that took him 12 years.
|
Francesco Antonio LUCINI (Firenze 1605 circa - ?)
|
Florentine etcher. First recorded as Callot's assistant in Florence in 1616; in 1621, as Callot's request, followed him to Nancy where he continued to act as his assistant. One set of plates known that he published there. Later returned to Italy, where still active in 1634.
He is best known for a series of engravings entitled Disegni della guerra, assedio dell'armata turchesca all'Isola di Malta l'anno MDXLV (Bologna, 1631). He also produced the plates for the monumental work by Sir Robert Dudley (1573-1649): Dell'arcano del mare (Florence, 1646-7), a project that took him 12 years.
|