The Lamentation
| Reference: | S28301 |
| Author | Ferrando BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1566 ca. |
| Measures: | 160 x 220 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | S28301 |
| Author | Ferrando BERTELLI |
| Year: | 1566 ca. |
| Measures: | 160 x 220 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
Etching and engraving, circa 1566/68, signed in plate lower right.
After Battista Franco.
Example in the first state of two, showing the Bertelli's signature. Lettered bottom centre 'Dominicus Zenoi Excidebat' and "F. B." at the lower right corner.
A magnificent impression, printed on contemporary laid paper without watermark, with narrow margins or trimmed on copperplate, small restoration perfectly executed to the bottom right corner and bottom margin, otherwise in excellent condition.
The work derives from the engraving by Battista Franco, and is extremely rare.
Erroneously ascribed to Domenico Zenoi, whose name appears at the bottom center of the plate as a publisher, probably due to the fact that in the example of the second state the monogram of Bertelli is erased.
Ferrando or Ferdinando Bertelli is a member of the family of publishers, engraver and merchants of Venice, where together with the likely brother Donato had a library in San Marco. Although best known as a publisher of maps for Gastaldi and Forlani Camocio, began his career producing and engraving works by Tiziano, Farinati, Giulio Romano, Battista del Moro, Battista Franco, and others, with the collaboration of engravers such as Mario Cartaro, Giulio Sanuto, Giovan Battista Cavalieri and even Dominic Zenoi. It is not clear the relationship between all the characters mentioned, which often alternated in the roles, and it is often impossible to know who is the author of the plate and who the publisher. Domenico Zenoi obtained the privilege to print, lasting fifteen, by the Senate December 5, 1566. However, it was withdrawn September 9, 1568 by the Committee of Executors against Blasphemy for publishing obscene prints.
The date of the work therefore is attributable to the period between 1566 and 1568.
Extremely rare first state.
Literature
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Bartsch (Franco) vol. XVI, p. 125, 17; Bury, The Print in Italy, p. 236; www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx
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Ferrando BERTELLI (attivo a Venezia seconda metà del XVI secolo)
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Bertelli family represents the largest group of publishers, engravers, cartographers and merchants of prints of the sixteenth century. Ferrando Bertelli was the most productive, active between 1570, the 1560th, but maps of the last quarter of the century are known by the names of Andrea, Donato, Lucca, Nicholas and Peter. This was mainly active in Padua, where he led a workshop in letterpress and engravings. The earliest records show the asset at the date of 1589 as an engraver of several plates for an edition entitled Diversarum nationum habitus which was published in collaboration with Alciato Alciati. Pietro Bertelli had a library in Padua "the banner of the Angel". At his death the business was inherited by his son Francis. Bertelli was wandering engraver, copperplate engraver and publisher, print dealer active in Venice between 1561 and 1572. We do not have the precise biographical Bertelli.
He teamed with Camocio and the Forlani for the edition and trade cards and plants, they should also become the core business of spreading in the city by Italian and foreign ones, increasing the development of cartography. As a publisher chalcographer emerged from his workshop papers invention of Giacomo Gastaldi, Pirro Ligorio etc.. Although numerous papers of Drawings of the most illustrious cities and fortresses in the world (Venice 1568) bear his signature. Of 1572 is his last edition, the famous islands, harbors, fortresses … Sig.ria subject to Venice, a collection of 88 maps and charts, loose and perhaps already published some of them attributable to the engraving by Martin Rota Sibenik . Later, Ferrando mapss were reprinted by Donato Bertelli (by which we can not determine whether there were family ties) and Donato Rascicotti. Bibliography: Valerio, Cartographers Veneti, p. 149.
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Literature
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Bartsch (Franco) vol. XVI, p. 125, 17; Bury, The Print in Italy, p. 236; www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx
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Ferrando BERTELLI (attivo a Venezia seconda metà del XVI secolo)
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Bertelli family represents the largest group of publishers, engravers, cartographers and merchants of prints of the sixteenth century. Ferrando Bertelli was the most productive, active between 1570, the 1560th, but maps of the last quarter of the century are known by the names of Andrea, Donato, Lucca, Nicholas and Peter. This was mainly active in Padua, where he led a workshop in letterpress and engravings. The earliest records show the asset at the date of 1589 as an engraver of several plates for an edition entitled Diversarum nationum habitus which was published in collaboration with Alciato Alciati. Pietro Bertelli had a library in Padua "the banner of the Angel". At his death the business was inherited by his son Francis. Bertelli was wandering engraver, copperplate engraver and publisher, print dealer active in Venice between 1561 and 1572. We do not have the precise biographical Bertelli.
He teamed with Camocio and the Forlani for the edition and trade cards and plants, they should also become the core business of spreading in the city by Italian and foreign ones, increasing the development of cartography. As a publisher chalcographer emerged from his workshop papers invention of Giacomo Gastaldi, Pirro Ligorio etc.. Although numerous papers of Drawings of the most illustrious cities and fortresses in the world (Venice 1568) bear his signature. Of 1572 is his last edition, the famous islands, harbors, fortresses … Sig.ria subject to Venice, a collection of 88 maps and charts, loose and perhaps already published some of them attributable to the engraving by Martin Rota Sibenik . Later, Ferrando mapss were reprinted by Donato Bertelli (by which we can not determine whether there were family ties) and Donato Rascicotti. Bibliography: Valerio, Cartographers Veneti, p. 149.
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