Rest from the Flight into Egypt
| Reference: | S28306 |
| Author | Francesco VILLAMENA |
| Year: | 1597 |
| Measures: | 100 x 95 mm |
€750.00
| Reference: | S28306 |
| Author | Francesco VILLAMENA |
| Year: | 1597 |
| Measures: | 100 x 95 mm |
€750.00
Description
Engraving, 1597, signed and dated in plate, at the bottom plate, at the end of dedication to Cesare Crispolti (1563 - 1608). Perillustri RdDD Cesari Crispoldo Perusino Hec olim egregie fuit diliniata a Muciano ob ejus Mortem nunc pene deperdita Franciscus Villamena sculpsit DD / 1597
Lettered lower left: Cum Privilegio Summi Pontificis lower right: Superiorum Permissu Romae
From a drawing by Girolamo Muziano.
Magnificent proof, high-contrast, printed on contemporary laid paper with watermark 'hand', trimmed with copper, restoration lower right corner perfectly executed, otherwise in good condition.
Literature
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Kühn-Hattenhauer, Das graphische Oeuvre von Francesco Villamena, p. 195; Bury, The Print in Italy, pp.17/18. Dimensioni 145x205.
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Francesco VILLAMENA (Assisi, 1564 - Roma, 7 Luglio 1624)
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Italian engraver. According to tradition, he was a pupil of Cornelis Cort, whose engravings he copied, and was associated in his youth with Agostino Carracci. He made few original engravings but reproduced designs of artists including Raphael, Paolo Veronese, Federico Barocci, Girolamo Muziano and Giulio Romano. His output also included frontispieces and book illustrations. Closely related to such northern late adherents of Mannerism as Hendrick Goltzius and Jacques Bellange, he employed an elegant and expressive calligraphic style with perfect control of the burin. In addition to religious and historical subjects, he executed portraits, notably a series of genre figures (Rome, Gab. N. Stampe). In 1594 he executed a series of engravings illustrating scenes from the Life of St Francis. His oeuvre comprised at least one hundred plates.
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Literature
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Kühn-Hattenhauer, Das graphische Oeuvre von Francesco Villamena, p. 195; Bury, The Print in Italy, pp.17/18. Dimensioni 145x205.
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Francesco VILLAMENA (Assisi, 1564 - Roma, 7 Luglio 1624)
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Italian engraver. According to tradition, he was a pupil of Cornelis Cort, whose engravings he copied, and was associated in his youth with Agostino Carracci. He made few original engravings but reproduced designs of artists including Raphael, Paolo Veronese, Federico Barocci, Girolamo Muziano and Giulio Romano. His output also included frontispieces and book illustrations. Closely related to such northern late adherents of Mannerism as Hendrick Goltzius and Jacques Bellange, he employed an elegant and expressive calligraphic style with perfect control of the burin. In addition to religious and historical subjects, he executed portraits, notably a series of genre figures (Rome, Gab. N. Stampe). In 1594 he executed a series of engravings illustrating scenes from the Life of St Francis. His oeuvre comprised at least one hundred plates.
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