Iupiter
| Reference: | S37780 |
| Author | Giulio BONASONE |
| Year: | 1540 ca. |
| Measures: | 87 x 148 mm |
€725.00
| Reference: | S37780 |
| Author | Giulio BONASONE |
| Year: | 1540 ca. |
| Measures: | 87 x 148 mm |
€725.00
Description
Engraving, post 1540, inscribed with title IUPITER and number '2' on the left.
Good impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed at margins, in very good condition.
Formerly attributed to Georges Reverdy. From a set, of seven plates, known as “The Seven Planets” representing the planets, personified by Greco-Roman gods.
Bartsch describes them among the doubtful attributions, but Baudi di Vesme believes Reverdy designed and engraved the plates.
Most recent scholars – Cumberland, Armano, Massari - attribute the series to Giulio Bonasone and comparison with his other prints suggests this is sensible.
Literature
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Bartsch XV.490.9 (as by Reverdy); TIB vol. 31.350.490.9 (as by Reverdy); Baudi di Vesme 66 (as by Reverdy); Leutrat 14g (as by Bonasone); Massari 28 (as by Bonasone)
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Giulio BONASONE (Bologna circa 1500 - Roma circa 1580)
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Giulio Bonasone was born in Bologna in 1510; he was engraver, etcher and, as a painter, he was a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatici.
The critics have ascribed to him 400 prints; nearly all of them are kept nowadays in the Institute of Graphic Design in Rome, widening the list of Bartsch, who had identified just 354 subjects. Bonasone started working in 1531 as copperplate engraver, as it can be seen from his S. Cecilia, and he was considered a follower of Marcantonio’s style in the last years. But Bonasone showed his own style quite soon, for Parmigianino asked him to engrave many of his works.
He lived in Rome between 1544 and 1547, working for the most important publishers of the time (Salamanca, Barlacchi, Lafrery), engraving subjects from Michelangelo, Raphael, Giulio Romano, Perin del Vaga and Polidoro da Caravaggio with his peculiar style.
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Literature
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Bartsch XV.490.9 (as by Reverdy); TIB vol. 31.350.490.9 (as by Reverdy); Baudi di Vesme 66 (as by Reverdy); Leutrat 14g (as by Bonasone); Massari 28 (as by Bonasone)
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Giulio BONASONE (Bologna circa 1500 - Roma circa 1580)
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Giulio Bonasone was born in Bologna in 1510; he was engraver, etcher and, as a painter, he was a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatici.
The critics have ascribed to him 400 prints; nearly all of them are kept nowadays in the Institute of Graphic Design in Rome, widening the list of Bartsch, who had identified just 354 subjects. Bonasone started working in 1531 as copperplate engraver, as it can be seen from his S. Cecilia, and he was considered a follower of Marcantonio’s style in the last years. But Bonasone showed his own style quite soon, for Parmigianino asked him to engrave many of his works.
He lived in Rome between 1544 and 1547, working for the most important publishers of the time (Salamanca, Barlacchi, Lafrery), engraving subjects from Michelangelo, Raphael, Giulio Romano, Perin del Vaga and Polidoro da Caravaggio with his peculiar style.
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