The Prophet Aaron
| Reference: | S45138 |
| Author | Antonio SALAMANCA |
| Year: | 1530 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 315 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | S45138 |
| Author | Antonio SALAMANCA |
| Year: | 1530 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 315 mm |
€500.00
Description
The prophet Aaron; the semi-draped figure, holding a staff with a snake coiled around it; sitting in an oval niche.
Etching with engraving, 1530 circa, signed with monogram on plate at lower right. "F. P. invent / Ant.Sal. / excudebat". Example in the second state, with the address of the publisher Nicola van Aelst added at the lower part.
Print in reverse after Parmigianino's grisaille fresco in the church of Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (east vault). The work reproduces the counterpart of the prophet Aron, one of the four monochromes painted by Parmigianino on the basis of the external fascia of the Steccata.
The attribution of the work to Salamanca was first made by Copertini in 1932. Salamanca, who worked as publisher and engraver in Rome between 1530 and his death, had the great merit to save the plates and the works of Marcantonio Raimondi and his workshop from the Sack of Rome, founding a chalcographic studio before Lafrery, with whom he then established a partnership. Bartsch didn’t know this extremely rare work, which has been lately catalogued in Parmigianino Tradotto. It is not convincing the attribution of this plate to the publisher; the work shows many high quality characteristics, which mean it has been probably realized in the roman period of Parmigianino. Maybe, as it often happens, it is part of Raimondi’s workshop, which Salamanca then edited.
A good impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark or with narrow margins, in good conditions.
Bibliografia
Mussini & De Rubeis, Parmigianino Tradotto, p. 208, 435; Copertini p. 186, LXX.
Antonio SALAMANCA (Milano ?, 1478 – Roma, 1562)
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Print publisher and dealer in books and prints from Salamanca. Active in Rome. His family name was Martinez. He was in Rome by 1505. From 1517 till his death he was active as a publisher and book and print seller; also as a banker. His shop was in Campo dè Fiori and was recorded as a place where learned antiquarian conversations took place. Many of the prints he published were of Roman antiquities, starting in 1538 with prints such as the Colosseum engraved by Fagiuolo after Giuntalodi. In 1553 he formed a partnership with Antonio Lafreri, which was dissolved only after his death by his son Francesco.
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Antonio SALAMANCA (Milano ?, 1478 – Roma, 1562)
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Print publisher and dealer in books and prints from Salamanca. Active in Rome. His family name was Martinez. He was in Rome by 1505. From 1517 till his death he was active as a publisher and book and print seller; also as a banker. His shop was in Campo dè Fiori and was recorded as a place where learned antiquarian conversations took place. Many of the prints he published were of Roman antiquities, starting in 1538 with prints such as the Colosseum engraved by Fagiuolo after Giuntalodi. In 1553 he formed a partnership with Antonio Lafreri, which was dissolved only after his death by his son Francesco.
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