The entombment of Christ
| Reference: | S30474 |
| Author | Martino ROTA |
| Year: | 1570 ca. |
| Measures: | 227 x 225 mm |
€1,100.00
| Reference: | S30474 |
| Author | Martino ROTA |
| Year: | 1570 ca. |
| Measures: | 227 x 225 mm |
€1,100.00
Description
Engraving, 1570 circa, signed on plate at lower left. After Luca Penni.
Lettered lower left 'Lucas Penis inventor. Martinus Rota Sibinicensis incidebat. Joannis Martini Bononiensis Formis'.
Excellet work, printed on contemporary laid paper, thin margins, in very good conditions.
The entombment of Christ who is supported at right by a man, at left kneels a woman holds a jar and above stands the Virgin after Luca Penni, published by Giovanni Mastino.
Rare.
Literature
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Bartsch XVI.251.11; Pelc 1997 25.
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Martino ROTA (Sebenico 1520 - Venezia 1583)
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Etcher, engraver and print publisher from Sebenico. Active in Venice, Graz, Vienna and Prague. Earliest dated print 1558.He probably worked in Venice until late 1572. Plates of 1571/2, with subjects related to the victory over the Turks at Lepanto, seem to have been produced in Venice. He was producing portraits in Vienna by 1573.1576 he was described as painter to Maximilian II. He went to Prague c.1580.
His work in Venice was published by, among others: L.Guarinoni, Luca and Ferrando Bertelli, Camocio, Giovanni Mastini, Benedetto Stefani, Claudio Duchetti (Duchet), Nelli, Bolognino Zaltieri.
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Literature
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Bartsch XVI.251.11; Pelc 1997 25.
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Martino ROTA (Sebenico 1520 - Venezia 1583)
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Etcher, engraver and print publisher from Sebenico. Active in Venice, Graz, Vienna and Prague. Earliest dated print 1558.He probably worked in Venice until late 1572. Plates of 1571/2, with subjects related to the victory over the Turks at Lepanto, seem to have been produced in Venice. He was producing portraits in Vienna by 1573.1576 he was described as painter to Maximilian II. He went to Prague c.1580.
His work in Venice was published by, among others: L.Guarinoni, Luca and Ferrando Bertelli, Camocio, Giovanni Mastini, Benedetto Stefani, Claudio Duchetti (Duchet), Nelli, Bolognino Zaltieri.
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