È dedicata a chi si stima Savio
| Reference: | S21237 |
| Author | Giuseppe Maria MITELLI |
| Year: | 1685 |
| Measures: | 540 x 285 mm |
€900.00
| Reference: | S21237 |
| Author | Giuseppe Maria MITELLI |
| Year: | 1685 |
| Measures: | 540 x 285 mm |
€900.00
Description
Etching, 1685, titled along the top È dedicata a chi si stima Savio and with a legend by the moon Quasi titti li dan, chi piu chi meno; signed on a scroll in lower right Mitelli in e taglia 1685.
Magnificent work, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to platemark, signs of central fold, otherwise in excellent condition.
Son of the renowned painter Agostino Mitelli, he was a painter himself, but above all he was one of the most prolific engravers of the XVII century. He copied with oil painting the masterpieces of the Carracci’s, of Guercino and many other Bolognese painters. He also realized with the etching technique various subjects: daily life scenes, profane and sacred allegories, satires, proverbs, party games. His engravings were often accompanied with short comments or poems written in Bolognese dialect.
Literature
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Buscaroli, Rezio, Agostino e Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, catalogo delle loro stampe nella Raccolta Gozzadini ...; F. Varignana, Le Collezioni d'arte della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna. Le incisioni. 1, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Bologna 1978, cat.327.
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Giuseppe Maria MITELLI (Bologna 1634 – 1718)
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Bologna 1634 - 1718) was the son of Agostino, a well-known painter and engraver; according to his brother Giovanni in his Vita et opere di Agostino Mitelli, he trained with a number of important artists, studying with Simone Cantarini, Francesco Albani, Guercino and Flaminio Torri, among others. Of his pictorial activity, far from limited according to ancient evidence, however, a very meager corpus remains, consisting of only a few units. He devoted his greatest efforts to the art of engraving, initiated in all probability by his father, leaving behind some 600 prints executed largely in etching. In 1660 Mitelli published the Arti per via, a series of 40 etchings derived from the inventions of Annibale Carracci, translated into print in 1646 into 80 plates by Simone Guillain. With the enterprise, edited by the Roman Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, Mitelli inaugurated a flourishing production of images with popular themes, which became something of a trademark of the Bolognese engraver.
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Literature
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Buscaroli, Rezio, Agostino e Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, catalogo delle loro stampe nella Raccolta Gozzadini ...; F. Varignana, Le Collezioni d'arte della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna. Le incisioni. 1, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Bologna 1978, cat.327.
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Giuseppe Maria MITELLI (Bologna 1634 – 1718)
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Bologna 1634 - 1718) was the son of Agostino, a well-known painter and engraver; according to his brother Giovanni in his Vita et opere di Agostino Mitelli, he trained with a number of important artists, studying with Simone Cantarini, Francesco Albani, Guercino and Flaminio Torri, among others. Of his pictorial activity, far from limited according to ancient evidence, however, a very meager corpus remains, consisting of only a few units. He devoted his greatest efforts to the art of engraving, initiated in all probability by his father, leaving behind some 600 prints executed largely in etching. In 1660 Mitelli published the Arti per via, a series of 40 etchings derived from the inventions of Annibale Carracci, translated into print in 1646 into 80 plates by Simone Guillain. With the enterprise, edited by the Roman Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, Mitelli inaugurated a flourishing production of images with popular themes, which became something of a trademark of the Bolognese engraver.
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