Carolus Archidux Austriae Anno XXX
| Reference: | S40261.10 |
| Author | Domenico ZENOI |
| Year: | 1568 ca. |
| Measures: | 134 x 178 mm |
€325.00
| Reference: | S40261.10 |
| Author | Domenico ZENOI |
| Year: | 1568 ca. |
| Measures: | 134 x 178 mm |
€325.00
Description
Portrait of Charles, Margrave of Burgau, half-length in profile to the left, wearing armour and sash; in lettered oval within a decorative setting wth scrolls, angels and hybrid figures.
Engraving, circa 1568, lettered around the oval with title and with production detail "Dmco. Zenoi f. - Cum privilegio".
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, a small repair at the upper left corners, otherwise very good.
From the Ritratti di alcuni prencipi, et huomini illustri also titled Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum published by Bolognino Zaltieri in Venice in 1568.
Collector's mark - at the lower right corner - of Friedrich August II de Saxe (Lugt 971).
Rare.
Domenico ZENOI (Attivo tra il 1559 e il 1574)
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Engraver, goldsmith and publisher. Active in Venice and Padua. Fifteen-year privilege granted by the Senate, 5 december 1566 for devotional prints, portraits and maps that he intended to publish. A license was issued to Zenoi on the same day by chiefs of the Council of X. A month later, 11 January 1567, a second license with stipulation that Zenoi required to show each print to the Esecutori contro la bestemmia so that they could check there was no obscenity. 9 september 1568 fined, with Camocio, by the Esecutori for obscene prints and sonnets found in Camocio's shop. His plates were published by, among others, Donato e Ferrando Bertelli, Bolognino Zaltieri, Pierre de Huchin.
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Domenico ZENOI (Attivo tra il 1559 e il 1574)
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Engraver, goldsmith and publisher. Active in Venice and Padua. Fifteen-year privilege granted by the Senate, 5 december 1566 for devotional prints, portraits and maps that he intended to publish. A license was issued to Zenoi on the same day by chiefs of the Council of X. A month later, 11 January 1567, a second license with stipulation that Zenoi required to show each print to the Esecutori contro la bestemmia so that they could check there was no obscenity. 9 september 1568 fined, with Camocio, by the Esecutori for obscene prints and sonnets found in Camocio's shop. His plates were published by, among others, Donato e Ferrando Bertelli, Bolognino Zaltieri, Pierre de Huchin.
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