The Tribute Money
| Reference: | S40261.20 |
| Author | Luca BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1564 ca. |
| Measures: | 435 x 347 mm |
€2,500.00
| Reference: | S40261.20 |
| Author | Luca BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1564 ca. |
| Measures: | 435 x 347 mm |
€2,500.00
Description
The tribute to Caesar, with Christ, seen half-length, standing on the right and addressing a man standing on the left and holding two coins in his left hand; several figures surround them; in the background, a curtain and three columns on the right, and the sky on the left; after Domenico Campagnola.
Engraving, circa 1564-89, lettered with production detail: 'Dominicus Campagnola inventor / Lucas Bertelius f.'. Lettered within image, on the bottom part of a column: 'Reddite, quae sunt Caesaris, Caesari: et quae sunt Dei, Deo'.
A great impression, printed on contemporary laid paper with "anchor in a circle", with small margins, perfect condition.
The question of paying tribute to Caesar, at the left two Jews interrogate Christ, one holds a coin, Christ points to the upper right.
The subject is taken from the New Testament. The Pharisees ask Christ whether it is right to pay tax to the Romans. Christ, sensing the trap, asks whose likeness and name are on the coinage: 'They say unto him, Caesar's. Then he saith unto them, render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's' (Matthew 22; Mark 12, Luke 20).
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.
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.
A very rare work. On verso colloctor's mark "CB or GB in a circle" printed in red, not in Lugt.
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.
Literature
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Zani, 1821, pp. 72-73; Zoltán Kárpáti and Eszter Seres, Italian and French Prints before 1620: An On-Line Catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 2012.
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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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Literature
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Zani, 1821, pp. 72-73; Zoltán Kárpáti and Eszter Seres, Italian and French Prints before 1620: An On-Line Catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 2012.
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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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