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Procession of musicians in front of the Doge's Palace
| Reference: | S49666 |
| Author | Giacomo FRANCO |
| Year: | 1610 ca. |
| Measures: | 175 x 270 mm |
€450.00
- New
| Reference: | S49666 |
| Author | Giacomo FRANCO |
| Year: | 1610 ca. |
| Measures: | 175 x 270 mm |
€450.00
Description
Engraving, circa 1610, sigend at the bottom I. Franco com Privilegio. Lettered with three lines: 'L'ecc.mo quale mette a banco le Gallere dove si fa un beliss.mo apparato di tapezzarie, et si mette fuori gran quantità di dinari d'oro et argento et in particolare una catena di vergle d'oro di valuta d'un millione'.
A lively parade of musicians and institutional figures winds its way through the monumental setting of Piazza San Marco in Venice, moving toward the Riva degli Schiavoni. On the right, the imposing façade of the Doge's Palace rises, while in the background stand the distinctive domes and Byzantine details of Basilica di San Marco. The engraving meticulously documents not only the period costumes of the Venetian nobility and common people in the late Renaissance, but also illustrates the pomp and ceremony of the great public celebrations with which the Republic of Venice displayed its opulence.
The engraving is from Giacomo Franco's famous work on Venetian costumes and public ceremonies, entitled "Habits of Venetian Men and Women with the Procession of the Most Serene Signoria and Other Particulars, namely Triumphs, Festivals, and Public Ceremonies of the Most Noble City of Venice," published in Venice, undated, around 1610.
A beautiful work, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, minimal oxidation, otherwise in excellent condition.
Giacomo FRANCO (Venezia o Urbino 1550 - Venezia 1620)
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Designer, engraver, printer, dealer and publisher of books and prints. Active in Venice. Record of death 28 June 1620. He was described as 'Intagliator di rame' in the necrology of S. Moise; in his will he described himself as 'dessegnador' (Bode). Illegitimate son of Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei. He may have begun at his father's shop 'In Venetia a Santa Fosca'. By 1595 he was established 'all'Insegna del Sole' in the Frezzeria. 1579 a 'Jacopo Franco' inscribed in the Arte dei Stampatori e Librari of Venice (Brown). Giacomo was matriculated in gild of painters in Venice, 1606-1619 (Favaro). In 16 November 1591 he obtained a privilege for a "libro delli habiti alla venetiana". 20 July 1596, Franco acquired a privilege for a writing book and for a book of sewing models (mostre da cucir), with 16 woodcuts and 8 engravings (Nuova inventione de diverse mostre, Venice 1596, Strange, no.24, p.227). A privilege granted 17 June 1597 for a copper plate of the miracle-making Madonna of Treviso. Another privilege, 15 November 1597, for Giuseppe Rosaccio's Il viaggio di Venetia a Costantinopoli.
Franco's first dated print 1572. Executed plates for Nelli, the Bertelli and others. He specialized in prints showing Venice, its life and customs. He inherited at least some of his father's plates and acquired a number of plates which had originally carried the address of Orazio and Luca Bertelli (e.g. 1582 Agostino Carracci engravings after Veronese and Tintoretto).
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Giacomo FRANCO (Venezia o Urbino 1550 - Venezia 1620)
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Designer, engraver, printer, dealer and publisher of books and prints. Active in Venice. Record of death 28 June 1620. He was described as 'Intagliator di rame' in the necrology of S. Moise; in his will he described himself as 'dessegnador' (Bode). Illegitimate son of Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei. He may have begun at his father's shop 'In Venetia a Santa Fosca'. By 1595 he was established 'all'Insegna del Sole' in the Frezzeria. 1579 a 'Jacopo Franco' inscribed in the Arte dei Stampatori e Librari of Venice (Brown). Giacomo was matriculated in gild of painters in Venice, 1606-1619 (Favaro). In 16 November 1591 he obtained a privilege for a "libro delli habiti alla venetiana". 20 July 1596, Franco acquired a privilege for a writing book and for a book of sewing models (mostre da cucir), with 16 woodcuts and 8 engravings (Nuova inventione de diverse mostre, Venice 1596, Strange, no.24, p.227). A privilege granted 17 June 1597 for a copper plate of the miracle-making Madonna of Treviso. Another privilege, 15 November 1597, for Giuseppe Rosaccio's Il viaggio di Venetia a Costantinopoli.
Franco's first dated print 1572. Executed plates for Nelli, the Bertelli and others. He specialized in prints showing Venice, its life and customs. He inherited at least some of his father's plates and acquired a number of plates which had originally carried the address of Orazio and Luca Bertelli (e.g. 1582 Agostino Carracci engravings after Veronese and Tintoretto).
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