Triumph of a Roman Emperor
| Reference: | S36151 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1603 ca. |
| Measures: | 746 x 480 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | S36151 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1603 ca. |
| Measures: | 746 x 480 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
Engraving, 1603, inscribed within the image at top right with date, title and production detail: 'Antonii Tempeste Florentini inventoris opus Romae anno salutis 1603' and lower left with dedication in Latin to Raimondo ai Torri, and with publisher's address and date: 'Gaspar de Albertis formis 1603. Servus humilissimus Antonius de Tempestis Floren.s'. Only state.
Good example, printed on two sheets joined together of contemporary laid paper, center fold, some restorations on verso, each sheet with watermark “Eagle in the circle”, trimmed at margins, some restorations on verso, generally in good condition.
The two plates show a Triumph of a Roman emperor; procession leading from bottom right through two triumphal arches to a Roman temple at top left, including groups of soldiers, captive prisoners, elephants, chariots full of the spoils of war, and the emperor in a chariot at lower left; with a sacrifice at lower right and the emperor dividing the spoils at lower left; with an explanatory key at lower right.
Some details of the series derive from Etienne Dupérac's etchings of 1565, illustrating Onofrio Panvinio's De triumpho commentarius.
Very rare work.
Literature
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Bartsch XVII.147.618; Leuschner in TIB 2007, 3501.567 (only state)
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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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Literature
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Bartsch XVII.147.618; Leuschner in TIB 2007, 3501.567 (only state)
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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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