The Rich Epulone in the Hell or Souls in the Hell
| Reference: | S42517 |
| Author | Luca BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1564 ca. |
| Measures: | 380 x 245 mm |
| Reference: | S42517 |
| Author | Luca BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1564 ca. |
| Measures: | 380 x 245 mm |
Description
Etching and engraving, 1564 circa, inscribed lower in the image “D.C.IN. Luca Berteli formis”.
After a drawing by Domenico Campagnola.
In the last part of his life Domenico Campagnola provided Luca Bertelli with the preparatory drawings for the Tribute to Caesar and for the series dedicated to the parable of Lazarus and the rich man Epulone (Lk 16,19-31): Lazarus at the banquet of the rich man Epulone - of which a drawing is conserved at the Morgan Library of New York - The Death of the Rich Epulone, and finally The Rich Epulone in the Hell.
Although we indicate Luca Bertelli as the author, we believe he is only the publisher of this engraving, whose author could not be identified. It is probably an author from Veneto, as rightly indicated by Marsel Grosso. The dating is suggested by us by crossing the biographies of Campagnola and Bertelli.
Luca Bertelli had a bookseller's store in Padua between 1564 and 1594. Already around 1560, but only until 1582, he was active in Venice in the world of chalcography as a publisher, engraver and merchant and in a copy of the engraving of Cornelis Cort, The Annunciation, appears in the signature the indication of the Venetian workshop in aede Salvatoris. Sometimes in his prints also appeared the date of Rome, a sign for Borroni "of an insertion in the market rather than a stay" (see Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 9, 1967). Bertelli in the '80s produced some engravings signed L.B. et socius: in this case the Borroni hypothesizes a participation of Orazio Bertelli, which perhaps was his brother.
Beautiful proof, printed on contemporary laid paper with watermark "anchor in the circle with star and letter M" (cf. Woodward nos. 158-176 - more similar to no. 175 - Venetian paper found on prints dated from 1554 to 1567), trimmed to the copperplate, two print creases on the right side, otherwise in excellent condition.
A work of extreme rarity. The title Souls in the Hell is awarded to the work by the Philadelphia Museum of Art [https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/27685].
Bibliografia
Marsel Grosso, Un Editore Per Tiziano: Luca Bertelli e le Stampe di Devozione tra Italia e Spagna, in “Venezia e gli Asburgo. Pittura, collezionismo e circuiti commerciali nel tardo Rinascimento Europeo”, a cura di Benedetta Crivelli, Sarah Ferrari, Marsel Grosso, Padova 2018, pp. 58-59 e fig. 14, p. 148.
Luca BERTELLI (Attivo 1564 – 1594)
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Luca Bertelli had a bookseller's store in Padua between 1564 and 1594. Already around 1560, but only until 1582, he was active in Venice in the world of chalcography as a publisher, engraver and merchant and in a copy of the engraving of Cornelis Cort, The Annunciation, appears in the signature the indication of the Venetian workshop in aede Salvatoris. Sometimes in his prints also appeared the date of Rome, a sign for Borroni "of an insertion in the market rather than a stay" (see Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 9, 1967). Bertelli shared with some associates the publication of the two editions of De morbo gallico by the professor of the Studio of Padua, Gabriele Falloppio (Padua 1563-1564; Padua 1564). One of them was certainly Cristoforo Griffio who subscribed the second volume of the first edition. Another partner could have been Giovanni Griffio who, in partnership with Cristoforo, operated in Padua in those years. The Bertelli in the '80s produced some engravings signed L.B. et socius: in this case the Borroni hypothesizes a participation of Orazio Bertelli, which perhaps was his brother. The last book he had printed was In Hippocratis librum de vulneribus capitis (Venice 1566) always by Falloppio, whose printing according to Rhodes was the work of Vincenzo Valgrisi, and for which Bertelli obtained a privilege for the sale by the Senate of Venice. As we have seen, Bertelli's name appears in only four editions, all by Gabriele Falloppio. It is more plausible that Bertelli played the role of distributor rather than that of financier, given the fact that his publications were of exclusively university interest.
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Luca BERTELLI (Attivo 1564 – 1594)
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Luca Bertelli had a bookseller's store in Padua between 1564 and 1594. Already around 1560, but only until 1582, he was active in Venice in the world of chalcography as a publisher, engraver and merchant and in a copy of the engraving of Cornelis Cort, The Annunciation, appears in the signature the indication of the Venetian workshop in aede Salvatoris. Sometimes in his prints also appeared the date of Rome, a sign for Borroni "of an insertion in the market rather than a stay" (see Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 9, 1967). Bertelli shared with some associates the publication of the two editions of De morbo gallico by the professor of the Studio of Padua, Gabriele Falloppio (Padua 1563-1564; Padua 1564). One of them was certainly Cristoforo Griffio who subscribed the second volume of the first edition. Another partner could have been Giovanni Griffio who, in partnership with Cristoforo, operated in Padua in those years. The Bertelli in the '80s produced some engravings signed L.B. et socius: in this case the Borroni hypothesizes a participation of Orazio Bertelli, which perhaps was his brother. The last book he had printed was In Hippocratis librum de vulneribus capitis (Venice 1566) always by Falloppio, whose printing according to Rhodes was the work of Vincenzo Valgrisi, and for which Bertelli obtained a privilege for the sale by the Senate of Venice. As we have seen, Bertelli's name appears in only four editions, all by Gabriele Falloppio. It is more plausible that Bertelli played the role of distributor rather than that of financier, given the fact that his publications were of exclusively university interest.
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