Aprilis
| Reference: | S48478 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Measures: | 180 x 130 mm |
€225.00
| Reference: | S48478 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Measures: | 180 x 130 mm |
€225.00
Description
Allegory of the month of April, depicted through peasants plowing the fields through plows pulled by oxen, in the likeness of a bull. In the upper right is the constellation Taurus.
Etching, late 16th century, signed in plate at lower left. From the series “The Twelve Months” drawn and engraved by Antonio Tempesta and published in Rome by Nicolas van Aelst.
Antonio Tempesta known as Tempestino (Florence 1555 - Rome 1630) was a painter and engraver of the early Baroque period. Under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari he worked on the decorations of the interior of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. After moving to Rome, he forged ties with Flemish artists, whose influence will be felt throughout his later work. His paintings include the “Transfer of the Relics of St. Gregory of Nazianzus” and other religious scenes in the loggias of the third floor of the Vatican Palace, landscape-themed frescoes in the Gambara Palazzina at Villa Lante in Bagnaia, the decoration of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, and the frescoes in the Villa d'Este in Tivoli.
Beautiful proof, printed on contemporary laid paper with thin margins, in good condition.
Bibliografia
The Illustrated Bartsch no. 1350; Bartsch 1346-1357.
Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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