Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee
| Reference: | S38430 |
| Author | Jacopo FRANCIA |
| Year: | 1530 |
| Measures: | 345 x 235 mm |
€900.00
| Reference: | S38430 |
| Author | Jacopo FRANCIA |
| Year: | 1530 |
| Measures: | 345 x 235 mm |
€900.00
Description
Engraving, signed lower right with monogram 'IF' on a tablet, dated above: '1530', and inscribed with publisher's addresses: 'Ant. Sal. exc.'
Second state, of three.
Good example printed on contemporary laid paper, with “circle with crossbow with fleur-de-lys” (Briquet 11932) watermark, trimmed close to platemark, in very good condition
This engraving is a copy after Marcantonio Raimondi print. After one of the four episodes from the life of Mary Magdalen, originally decorating a lunette in the Cappella Massimi in Trinita dei Monti, Rome, frescoed by Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni after Raphael's design. No drawing for the fresco has survived.
This engraving, monogrammed IF, is generally attribued to Giacomo Francia; Brulliot, on the other hand, indicates the name of the nephew Giovanni Battista Francia or Giulio Francia; Zani suggests the name of Girolamo Fagiuoli.
Literature
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Bartsch XIV.29.23 ; Passavant V. p. 223; Hind, V n. 13; Raphael Invenit, p. 181 no. XI.2; Massari, Giulio Romano, pp. 9-10
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Jacopo FRANCIA (Bologna circa 1486 – 1557)
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Son of Francesco Francia. He was trained by his father in painting and goldsmithing. In 1517, the year of his father’s death, he and his brother, Giulio, assumed responsibility for the family business and together executed many altarpieces, identifiable by the initials (I I) of their latinized names (Iacobus and Iulius). Giacomo’s earliest known work is the Virgin in Glory with SS Peter, Mary Magdalene, Francis, Martha and Six Nuns (after 1515; Bologna, Pin. N.). In this painting, as in the SS Jerome, Margaret and Francis (1518; Madrid, Prado) and the Nativity (1519; Parma, S Giovanni Evangelista), both dated and signed by both brothers, there appear, in addition to the influence of their father, echoes of the monumental style of Raphael.
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Literature
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Bartsch XIV.29.23 ; Passavant V. p. 223; Hind, V n. 13; Raphael Invenit, p. 181 no. XI.2; Massari, Giulio Romano, pp. 9-10
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Jacopo FRANCIA (Bologna circa 1486 – 1557)
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Son of Francesco Francia. He was trained by his father in painting and goldsmithing. In 1517, the year of his father’s death, he and his brother, Giulio, assumed responsibility for the family business and together executed many altarpieces, identifiable by the initials (I I) of their latinized names (Iacobus and Iulius). Giacomo’s earliest known work is the Virgin in Glory with SS Peter, Mary Magdalene, Francis, Martha and Six Nuns (after 1515; Bologna, Pin. N.). In this painting, as in the SS Jerome, Margaret and Francis (1518; Madrid, Prado) and the Nativity (1519; Parma, S Giovanni Evangelista), both dated and signed by both brothers, there appear, in addition to the influence of their father, echoes of the monumental style of Raphael.
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