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Quia Fovet (Allegory of Agriculture)
| Reference: | S47171 |
| Author | Cesare BASSANO |
| Year: | 1610 ca. |
| Measures: | 132 x 180 mm |
€200.00
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| Reference: | S47171 |
| Author | Cesare BASSANO |
| Year: | 1610 ca. |
| Measures: | 132 x 180 mm |
€200.00
Description
Etching and engraving, ca. 1610/20, signed in plate at lower right Caesar Bassanus F.
Top center, within ribbon-shaped cartouche: Quia Fovet.
The subject sees a series of female figures (muses?) leave their musical instruments on the ground and are devoted to planting and harvesting plants/fruits. An allegory of the Sun stands out under the Latin inscription Quia Fovet, which can be interpreted as has care/nutrition. [Quare iste cum iudicio? Quia fovet quod peperit (Sermo 46:28 of St. Augustine of Hippo) Why does the shepherd act with judgment? Because he cares for what he has begotten].
It would be, therefore, a kind of allegory of agriculture.
Cesare Bassano (Milan, 1584 - 1648) was an Italian engraver and painter. Almost nothing is known of his life except that he was active in Milan and that his known output consists of illustrations for books, both portraits and subjects belonging to the animal and vegetable kingdoms. He was born in Milan in 1584 and worked there as a engraver and woodcutter from 1603 to 1646. His activity as a painter is not documented; he engraved subjects of his own invention and translated drawings by contemporary painters, especially Lombard ones, such as Cerano and Procaccini, whose compositional modes he assimilated; he illustrated various works and was also an engraver of maps and city plans. Le Blanc cites 23 of his engravings; many more are illustrations for the best books published in Milan at the time.
Beautiful proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to copper and applied to antique collection mount, in good condition.
Cesare BASSANO (Milano, 1584 – 1648)
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Cesare Bassano was an Italian engraver and painter. Almost nothing is known of his life except that he was active in Milan and that his known output consists of illustrations for books, both portraits and subjects belonging to the animal and vegetable kingdoms. He was born in Milan in 1584 and worked there as a engraver and woodcutter from 1603 to 1646. His activity as a painter is not documented; he engraved subjects of his own invention and translated drawings by contemporary painters, especially Lombard ones, such as Cerano and Procaccini, whose compositional modes he assimilated; he illustrated various works and was also an engraver of maps and city plans. Le Blanc cites 23 of his engravings; many more are illustrations for the best books published in Milan at the time.
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Cesare BASSANO (Milano, 1584 – 1648)
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Cesare Bassano was an Italian engraver and painter. Almost nothing is known of his life except that he was active in Milan and that his known output consists of illustrations for books, both portraits and subjects belonging to the animal and vegetable kingdoms. He was born in Milan in 1584 and worked there as a engraver and woodcutter from 1603 to 1646. His activity as a painter is not documented; he engraved subjects of his own invention and translated drawings by contemporary painters, especially Lombard ones, such as Cerano and Procaccini, whose compositional modes he assimilated; he illustrated various works and was also an engraver of maps and city plans. Le Blanc cites 23 of his engravings; many more are illustrations for the best books published in Milan at the time.
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