Five Men Fighting Beasts
| Reference: | S36039 |
| Author | Maestro B nel Dado |
| Year: | 1532 |
| Measures: | 420 x 285 mm |
€800.00
| Reference: | S36039 |
| Author | Maestro B nel Dado |
| Year: | 1532 |
| Measures: | 420 x 285 mm |
€800.00
Description
Engraving, 1532, aated on a trunk lower left: '1532'.
Example of the second state of three, with the Antonio Salamanca address added lower right: 'Ant. Sal. exc.'
Good impression, printed on contemporary laid paper with watermark “eagle in a circle with crown”, with margins, paper folds on the left area, generally very good condition.
The print had been attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet in the Indici de Rossi (1696, 1714) and later cataloguers, until Bartsch assigned it to the Master of the Die.
The composition is related to the tondo of the same subject in Sala dei Venti, Palazzo del Te, Mantua, painted probably by Giulio Romano himself. A related drawing in the Uffizi, inv. no. 294-5, is attributed to Giulio, but for its very poor condition it is impossible to establish whether it was the model for the print.
Literature
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Bartsch XV.229.79; Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, no. 48
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Maestro B nel Dado (Attivo a Roma, metà XVI sec.)
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Master del Dado was trained as painter and engraver in Marcantonio’s workshop; he was born around 1512 and worked in Rome between 1532 and 1550. He is very often mistaken with Beatricetto or Bonasone.
Le Blanc believes that he was a descendant of Bernardo Daddi (1512 – Rome 1570), a painter, according to the monogram that signs his prints. Some others identify him with Benedetto Verini, presumed son of Marcantonio, which would have explained the monogram BV on his plates. According to Bartsch though, the V might stand for Venetian or again for Tommaso Vincidor da Bologna.
He engraved drawings of other artists for Lafrery; his favourite subjects were Raphael, Peruzzi, Giulio Romano and Tommaso Vincidor.
To Master del Dado have been ascribed about 85 prints, according to Malaspina and also Bartsch says they are 85, while Passavant believes they are 89.
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Literature
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Bartsch XV.229.79; Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, no. 48
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Maestro B nel Dado (Attivo a Roma, metà XVI sec.)
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Master del Dado was trained as painter and engraver in Marcantonio’s workshop; he was born around 1512 and worked in Rome between 1532 and 1550. He is very often mistaken with Beatricetto or Bonasone.
Le Blanc believes that he was a descendant of Bernardo Daddi (1512 – Rome 1570), a painter, according to the monogram that signs his prints. Some others identify him with Benedetto Verini, presumed son of Marcantonio, which would have explained the monogram BV on his plates. According to Bartsch though, the V might stand for Venetian or again for Tommaso Vincidor da Bologna.
He engraved drawings of other artists for Lafrery; his favourite subjects were Raphael, Peruzzi, Giulio Romano and Tommaso Vincidor.
To Master del Dado have been ascribed about 85 prints, according to Malaspina and also Bartsch says they are 85, while Passavant believes they are 89.
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