I Dioscuri di Monte Cavallo
| Reference: | S31253 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1589 |
| Zone: | Quirinale |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 490 x 360 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | S31253 |
| Author | Antonio TEMPESTA |
| Year: | 1589 |
| Zone: | Quirinale |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 490 x 360 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
The two male statues of the square of Quirinale depict the Dioscuri, holding wild horses by the reins; they were probably part of the antique temple of Serapide built by Caracalla on the hill in 217 b.C.. Under Sixtus V the statues have been placed on the new square after a long period of restauration ended in 1585. Tempesta’s work has been realized to publicize the new placement before the Pope’s residence. It has been printed by Nicolas van Aelst, a Belgian printer who had moved to Rome in the XVI century with many others; they were all attracted by the flourishing printing business that was developping in the city. Copperplate, printed on contemporary laid paper with “lily with double circle” watermark, with margins, in excellent condition. Collection stamp on verso. Very rare.
Literature
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Bartsch 557.
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Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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Literature
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Bartsch 557.
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Antonio TEMPESTA (Firenze 1555 – Roma 1630)
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Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in Florence on 8 December 1576, he was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of Joannes Stradanus, with whom he worked under Giorgio Vasari on the interior decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He then went to Rome, where he again had links with artists from the Netherlands. He and Matthijs Bril were commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII to paint the Transfer of the Relics of St Gregory of Nazianzus (1572) and other religious scenes in the loggias on the third floor of the Vatican Palace. In Tempesta’s frescoes in the Palazzina Gambara at the Villa Lante in Bagnaia (1578–9), the hunting and fishing scenes, sweeping landscapes and urban backdrops again reveal the influence of Netherlandish art. From 1579 to 1583 Tempesta participated in the decoration of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, notably of the Scala Regia. He is also known to have collaborated on the frescoes in the Villa d’Este at Tivoli.
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