The female of a satyr

Reference: S30148
Author Etienne DUPERAC
Year: 1559 ca.
Measures: 278 x 160 mm
€2,500.00

Reference: S30148
Author Etienne DUPERAC
Year: 1559 ca.
Measures: 278 x 160 mm
€2,500.00

Description

Etching, circa 1559, without signature.

Example of the first state of two, before the address of Camocio.

A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper with unidentified watermark, with margins, small spots, generally in very good conditions.

The work belongs to the series of landscapes with mythological subjects relating to the short period of Venetian Duperac, with influences stemming from painting by Titian. Robert-Dusmenil lists only the test with the address "Apud Camocium" inserted in the stone at the bottom center.

Etienne Duperac is an architect , painter , engraver and surveyor. Towards 1559 he came to Rome, where he stayed for more than twenty years, working with compatriot Lafrery . During this period, however, reported several times in France: the Felibien reminds the author of five paintings of sea gods and of the loves of Jupiter and Callisto, were destroyed in 1967, which decorated a bathroom in the palace of Fontainebleau. Along his journey to Rome, staying briefly in Venice, a presence that is attested by some engravings for the publisher Giovanni Francesco Camocio. The work in question is related to the Venetian period, and is clearly influenced by the Venetian painting of the period , especially the works of Domenico Campagnola. However, there are also elements that lead to the landscapes engraved by Leon Davent and also by Battista del Moro and Angelo Falconetto .

An extremely rare work.

Literature

Robert-Dusmenil, VIII, 62.

Etienne DUPERAC (1525-1604)

Etcher, engraver, painter and architect, from Bordeaux. Active in Venice and from 1559 in Rome.Returned to France either in 1578 or 1582. Died in Paris. Duperac worked for various Roman print dealers, including Lafreri, Vaccari ,Faleti and P.P. Palumbo.He himself published some of his own work.Specialized in antiquities,maps and views. Urbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss. Delineata,1574. Also the series,Vestigi dell’antichità di Roma ,1575.

Literature

Robert-Dusmenil, VIII, 62.

Etienne DUPERAC (1525-1604)

Etcher, engraver, painter and architect, from Bordeaux. Active in Venice and from 1559 in Rome.Returned to France either in 1578 or 1582. Died in Paris. Duperac worked for various Roman print dealers, including Lafreri, Vaccari ,Faleti and P.P. Palumbo.He himself published some of his own work.Specialized in antiquities,maps and views. Urbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss. Delineata,1574. Also the series,Vestigi dell’antichità di Roma ,1575.