S. Jerome in the desert
| Reference: | S39066 |
| Author | Giovanni Battista FONTANA |
| Year: | 1570 ca. |
| Measures: | 90 x 131 mm |
€2,000.00
| Reference: | S39066 |
| Author | Giovanni Battista FONTANA |
| Year: | 1570 ca. |
| Measures: | 90 x 131 mm |
€2,000.00
Description
Etching, 1560 – 1580 circa, unlettered.
Good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed at margins, occasional foxing, generally in good condition.
The print shows St Jerome in the desert, writing in a book, to the right is a lion and behind a skull and a crucifix.
Extremely rare work, undescribed in the literature. Ascribed to Fontana by the online catalogue of the British Museum.
Literature
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Non descritta/Undescribed.
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Giovanni Battista FONTANA (Verona 1541 – Innsbruck 1587)
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Giovanni Battista Fontana was an Italian painter and engraver. Fontana's training made use of the paintings of masters such as Titian and Veronese. His artistic output in Austria which is recorded from 1562, included major work on altarpieces, with countless sketches and engravings. With the assistance of his brother, Giulio Fontana, he painted frescoes in the chapel of Schloß Kaiser-Ebersdorf in Vienna in 1562.
Fontana was born at Ala near Verona, but settled in Innsbruck in 1573. In 1575 he was appointed court painter to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. He worked on frescoes for the oratory of the Hofkirche, the Spheristerion in 1573, the Silberne Kapelle which had been built by Giulio Fontana and where he painted 14 scenes of the Passion in 1576 and lastly decorated a castle chamber in 1578. He died in Innsbruck.
Between 1583 and 1584 he set to work on the ceiling of the dining-hall of Schloss Ambras, depicting Allegories of the Zodiac, the Elements and the Planets.
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Literature
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Non descritta/Undescribed.
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Giovanni Battista FONTANA (Verona 1541 – Innsbruck 1587)
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Giovanni Battista Fontana was an Italian painter and engraver. Fontana's training made use of the paintings of masters such as Titian and Veronese. His artistic output in Austria which is recorded from 1562, included major work on altarpieces, with countless sketches and engravings. With the assistance of his brother, Giulio Fontana, he painted frescoes in the chapel of Schloß Kaiser-Ebersdorf in Vienna in 1562.
Fontana was born at Ala near Verona, but settled in Innsbruck in 1573. In 1575 he was appointed court painter to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. He worked on frescoes for the oratory of the Hofkirche, the Spheristerion in 1573, the Silberne Kapelle which had been built by Giulio Fontana and where he painted 14 scenes of the Passion in 1576 and lastly decorated a castle chamber in 1578. He died in Innsbruck.
Between 1583 and 1584 he set to work on the ceiling of the dining-hall of Schloss Ambras, depicting Allegories of the Zodiac, the Elements and the Planets.
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