Christ standing facing forward, holding a cross with a banner and raising his left hand
| Reference: | S30424 |
| Author | Marco DENTE detto "Marco da Ravenna" |
| Year: | 1516 ca. |
| Measures: | 134 x 205 mm |
€450.00
| Reference: | S30424 |
| Author | Marco DENTE detto "Marco da Ravenna" |
| Year: | 1516 ca. |
| Measures: | 134 x 205 mm |
€450.00
Description
Engraving, about 1516, monogrammed SR in the plate in the bottom left corner.
Magnificent proof, rich tones, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to copperplate, in perfect condition.
The preparatory drawings of the cycle - now preserved in Chatsworth - are traditionally attributed to Raphael, while the attribution to Giulio Romano, which was also advanced, has been abandoned.
Passavant, wrongly, considered the drawings copies of the apostles of the Sala dei Chiaroscuri in the Vatican. It is more likely that the Urbino created the series as a model to be translated into engravings. In addition to Marco Dente, the drawings were also used by Raimondi.
Some critics believe that the series by Dente was made chronologically earlier and is based directly on the originals by Raphael, with respect to which they are in counterpart; on the contrary, the cycle by Raimondi, in the same verse of the drawings, would be derived precisely from these engravings.
Just as in the drawings of Chatworth, the haloes of Dente have a radial form, while in Marcantonio they constitute closed circles.
Literature
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Bartsch, XIV, n. 74; Delaborde, p. 283; Le Blanc, III, p. 275; Oberhuber, pp. 79 - 81.
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Marco DENTE detto "Marco da Ravenna" (Ravenna 1496 - Roma 1527)
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The right name of this artist was Marco from Ravenna, not Silvestro as erroneously many people say due to the monogram RS, which has to be interpreted as ravenates sculpsit or sculptor. He came from a rich family of Ravenna, where he was born in 1493; he afterwards died in the Sack of Rome in 1527, as Zani says.
He went to Rome very likely in 1510 to work inside Baviera’s workshop, together with Marcantonio and Agostino Veneziano. In Rome, the artist from Ravenna, besides engraving the most beautuful examples of classical statuary, mainly devouted himself to the reproduction of Raphael’s drawings, as his collegue Raimondi.
Marco can be condidered a very uncommon artist, for he was the first to renew the school of Marcantonio, with “fully pictorial” prints.
Bartsch ascribes to him sixtytwo subjects, while Passavant says are sixtyfour.
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Literature
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Bartsch, XIV, n. 74; Delaborde, p. 283; Le Blanc, III, p. 275; Oberhuber, pp. 79 - 81.
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Marco DENTE detto "Marco da Ravenna" (Ravenna 1496 - Roma 1527)
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The right name of this artist was Marco from Ravenna, not Silvestro as erroneously many people say due to the monogram RS, which has to be interpreted as ravenates sculpsit or sculptor. He came from a rich family of Ravenna, where he was born in 1493; he afterwards died in the Sack of Rome in 1527, as Zani says.
He went to Rome very likely in 1510 to work inside Baviera’s workshop, together with Marcantonio and Agostino Veneziano. In Rome, the artist from Ravenna, besides engraving the most beautuful examples of classical statuary, mainly devouted himself to the reproduction of Raphael’s drawings, as his collegue Raimondi.
Marco can be condidered a very uncommon artist, for he was the first to renew the school of Marcantonio, with “fully pictorial” prints.
Bartsch ascribes to him sixtytwo subjects, while Passavant says are sixtyfour.
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