Roma Antiqua Triumphatrix
| Reference: | S9527 |
| Author | Giacomo LAURO |
| Year: | 1649 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 725 x 480 mm |
€2,800.00
| Reference: | S9527 |
| Author | Giacomo LAURO |
| Year: | 1649 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 725 x 480 mm |
€2,800.00
Description
The bird's-eye view of ancient Rome by Giacomo Lauro was derived from Etienne du Pérac's large view of Rome.
Printed from two separate plates on two sheets subsequently joined at vertical edges. List of buildings and sites numbered 1-279, keyed to view. At outer margin is a band of 16 engraved scenes from Roman history interspersed with 20 numbered explanatory texts. Heads of the 7 kings of Rome appear at upper left, heads of the 12 Caesars at upper right. Title and imprint at top center. Oriented with east at top.
In marginal text, Lauro refers to his Antiquae urbis splendor (published 1612), so the view must have been engraved between that date and his death in 1650. This span is narrowed by the probability that the present view is that signed by Lauro in 1635. It must have been published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi between the beginning of his publishing activity in 1649 and the 1677 index of his publications whichincludes this view.
Etching with engraving, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, contemporary colour, light repair with the loss of part of the text on lower part, otherwise in excellent condition.
Literature
Arrigoni-Bertarelli (1930): p. 10, n. 77; Christie’s (1998): n. 1034; Frutaz (1962): p. 72, n. XXVII, Tavv. 59-61; Hülsen (1915): XXIII, p. 86, n. 107; Iusco. Indice delle stampe de' Rossi, p. 379 (p.16 c.2); Scaccia Scarafoni (1939): pp. 32-33, n. 32.
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Engraver, printer and print publisher. Active in Rome from 1583. 17 March 1598 he applied for and was granted a ten-year papal privilege for an unspecified number of unnamed religious prints.
Lauro’s earliest dated prints are of 1585, and carry the address of C. Duchetti. He also worked for Panzera in 1589. From 1590 he tried to establish himself as a publisher of his own work. He acquired and restored old plates, published copies of such classic prints as Marcantonio’ St.Paul preaching . He accepted commissions, as the map of Rocca Contrada, 1594.
He probably acquired plates from Jacob Matham which he published in 1598. His Antiquae Urbis Splendor was published in parts from 1612. In the volumes issued in 1614 and 1615 Lauro refers to having worked on it for 28 years which would mean that he began it about 1586. Important connections with Poland; he specialized in images of saints.
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Engraver, printer and print publisher. Active in Rome from 1583. 17 March 1598 he applied for and was granted a ten-year papal privilege for an unspecified number of unnamed religious prints.
Lauro’s earliest dated prints are of 1585, and carry the address of C. Duchetti. He also worked for Panzera in 1589. From 1590 he tried to establish himself as a publisher of his own work. He acquired and restored old plates, published copies of such classic prints as Marcantonio’ St.Paul preaching . He accepted commissions, as the map of Rocca Contrada, 1594.
He probably acquired plates from Jacob Matham which he published in 1598. His Antiquae Urbis Splendor was published in parts from 1612. In the volumes issued in 1614 and 1615 Lauro refers to having worked on it for 28 years which would mean that he began it about 1586. Important connections with Poland; he specialized in images of saints.
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