Disegno di tutta la Fabrica di S. Lorenzo in Escurial del Re Catolico
| Reference: | S39346 |
| Author | Giovanni ORLANDI |
| Year: | 1606 |
| Zone: | Madrid |
| Measures: | 500 x 365 mm |
| Reference: | S39346 |
| Author | Giovanni ORLANDI |
| Year: | 1606 |
| Zone: | Madrid |
| Measures: | 500 x 365 mm |
Description
Etching and engraving, 1606. Engraved by Giovanni Maggi for the publisher Giovanni Orlandi who dedicated it to Cardinal Francesco Sforza (1562-1624).
Along the upper margin DISEGNO DI TUTTA LA FABRICA DI S LORENZO IN ESCURIAL DEL RE CATOLICO
Bottom left, in the image: GIOVANNI MAGGI RO. FE. 1606; bottom right: GIOVANNI ORLANDI FORMIS ROMAE A pasquino
Beneath the image, in the central cartouche, the dedication: Ill.moet R.mo D. D. Francisco de S.ta Flora/ tutli Sanctae Mariae in Via Lata/ S R E Diacono Cadr.li Sfortiae firmata Ioannes Orlandus Romanus DD and on both sides of the cartouche, one finds a laudatory poem by Michael van der Hagen addressed to King Philip II (1527–98), who ordered the construction of El Escorial.
In 1584, the famous Spanish architect Juan de Herrera (1530–1597) signed a contract with Pieter Perret (ca. 1555–1637), an engraver from Antwerp, to convert the designs he had made for the Monasterio de El Escorial to copperplates for the fee of 600 ducats. Perret, who had arrived in Spain in 1583, had been a disciple of Cornelius Cort, Maeerten de Vos, and Gerard de Jode. By 1587, the so-called "Seventh Design" had been engraved and stamped, a panoramic perspective of the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, seen from its main facade facing west, which shows the monumental construction on its north and west sides. This intaglio print, measuring 49.5 x 77.5 cm, was entitled Scenographia totivs fabricae S. Lavrentii in Escuriali. The geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527–98) had a copy of this design reduced to 31.2 x 47 cm in 1591.
Magnificent proof, rich in tone, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed close to platemark, in excellent condition.
Extremely rare.
Bibliography
BM, Maps V, 642; Laura Di Calisto - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 67 (2006).
Giovanni ORLANDI (Attivo 1590 -1640)
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Engraver, printer and print publisher from Bologna. Active in Rome from 1590 until 1613and then in Naples. His shop in Rome was at the Pasquino. He also seems to have been a dealer in drawings. In 1608 he was employing a printer,G.B. Ranieri.
He bought existing plates from Johannes Statius, Cherubino Alberti and Nicolas van Aelst.
Orlandi acquired plates of Vignola’s Regola delli Cinque Ordini d’Architettura which he published in 1602. Orlandi does not seem to have built up a stock of plates, but having taken from them what he could, sold them on. Van Aelst bought plates from Orlandi, as for example the Twelve Profets and Ten Sibyls of Schiaminossi.
In 1609 Orlandi is reported as regretting having sold four small etched plates by Annibale Carracci, after having taken 400 impressions from them. He published work by Tempesta.
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Giovanni ORLANDI (Attivo 1590 -1640)
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Engraver, printer and print publisher from Bologna. Active in Rome from 1590 until 1613and then in Naples. His shop in Rome was at the Pasquino. He also seems to have been a dealer in drawings. In 1608 he was employing a printer,G.B. Ranieri.
He bought existing plates from Johannes Statius, Cherubino Alberti and Nicolas van Aelst.
Orlandi acquired plates of Vignola’s Regola delli Cinque Ordini d’Architettura which he published in 1602. Orlandi does not seem to have built up a stock of plates, but having taken from them what he could, sold them on. Van Aelst bought plates from Orlandi, as for example the Twelve Profets and Ten Sibyls of Schiaminossi.
In 1609 Orlandi is reported as regretting having sold four small etched plates by Annibale Carracci, after having taken 400 impressions from them. He published work by Tempesta.
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