The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine
| Reference: | S30405 |
| Author | Adamo SCULTORI |
| Year: | 1565 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 192 mm |
€750.00
| Reference: | S30405 |
| Author | Adamo SCULTORI |
| Year: | 1565 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 192 mm |
€750.00
Description
Engraving, about 1565, monogrammed in the plate in the bottom left corner.
Excellent work, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to copperplate, in excellent condition.
It is widely believed that the subject of this work comes from a drawing by Giulio Romano.
As emphasized by Ferrara, the composition creates the effect of an ancient bas-relief; the figures are stiff and statuesque.
The construction work is to be placed in the period before the artist's departure for Rome, as would suggest the letter A monogram, with the auction convergent.
Massari considers that there are two states of the plate, the second of which would show some contour lines rehearse that, according to Bellini would, however, present in all the examples examined by him, leaning toward a single state.
Literature
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Bartsch, XV 7; Bellini, n. 14; D’Arco, p. 91; Le Blanc, 290; Ferrara, n. 160.
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Adamo SCULTORI (Mantova 1530 circa – Roma 1587)
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Adamo Sculptor was also called il Mantovano o Ghisi for he was erroneously considered the young brother of Giorgio Ghisi. He was a fine drawer and carver, son of Giovan Battista Scultori and brother of Diana, according to what De Angelis wrote in 1585.
He was an extremely precocious engraver, as attested in the inscription “Adam Sculptor an IX” that can be seen in his father’s Vergine. After Giulio Romano’s death and while Giovan Battista was still alive, Adamo left Mantua to move to Rome. His most famous work is the series of seventy seven engravings depicting the frescoes of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Together with Giulio Romano, Michelangelo was the artist whose subjects Scultori engraved most; we also know that he appreciated other painters like Sebastiano del Piombo, Nicola Matrinelli and Mantegna.
Scultori was also publisher, as it is witnessed by the plate (kept in the Museum of Calcografia in Rome) engraved by Matteo Greuter with Adamo’s excudit.
Bartsch lists 129 prints under his name, between 1566 and 1577; Passavant 132.
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Literature
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Bartsch, XV 7; Bellini, n. 14; D’Arco, p. 91; Le Blanc, 290; Ferrara, n. 160.
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Adamo SCULTORI (Mantova 1530 circa – Roma 1587)
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Adamo Sculptor was also called il Mantovano o Ghisi for he was erroneously considered the young brother of Giorgio Ghisi. He was a fine drawer and carver, son of Giovan Battista Scultori and brother of Diana, according to what De Angelis wrote in 1585.
He was an extremely precocious engraver, as attested in the inscription “Adam Sculptor an IX” that can be seen in his father’s Vergine. After Giulio Romano’s death and while Giovan Battista was still alive, Adamo left Mantua to move to Rome. His most famous work is the series of seventy seven engravings depicting the frescoes of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Together with Giulio Romano, Michelangelo was the artist whose subjects Scultori engraved most; we also know that he appreciated other painters like Sebastiano del Piombo, Nicola Matrinelli and Mantegna.
Scultori was also publisher, as it is witnessed by the plate (kept in the Museum of Calcografia in Rome) engraved by Matteo Greuter with Adamo’s excudit.
Bartsch lists 129 prints under his name, between 1566 and 1577; Passavant 132.
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