Disegno delle Cinque Guglie Principali che si vedono in Roma... / Disegno di Cinque altre Guglie che si vedono in Roma...
| Reference: | S41972 |
| Author | Matteo Gregorio De ROSSI |
| Year: | 1688 ca. |
| Zone: | Obelisks |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 445 x 715 mm |
| Reference: | S41972 |
| Author | Matteo Gregorio De ROSSI |
| Year: | 1688 ca. |
| Zone: | Obelisks |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 445 x 715 mm |
Description
The two plates depict the ten obelisks of Rome. The first plate was engraved in 1688, the second in 1689.
This is a very rare pair of engravings printed as "flying sheets" and not belonging to any collection, by the printing house of Matteo Gregorio de Rossi. Each obelisk is accompanied by precise measurements and an explanatory text. The cartouche states that the "spires" are depicted con le sue giuste misure di ciascuna osservate, e registrate nel terzo tomo dell’Edipo del P. Atanasio Kircher (with its correct measurements of each observed, and recorded in the third tome of the Oedipus of Fr. Athanasius Kircher).
Matteo Gregorio De Rossi is an exponent of one of the branches of the famous Roman printing house. Towards the end of the sixteenth century began the editorial activity of Antonio De Rossi, who with his sons Giuseppe the Elder and Giulio, founded the printing house that, over the next two centuries and through four generations, held the monopoly of chalcographic production in the city. The workshop had the sign “De Rossi alla Pace”. The history of the De Rossi family is characterized by internal disputes and contrasts that lead to the opening of individual printing houses in competition with each other. Giulio De Rossi's sons, Giuseppe the Younger and Giovanni Battista, nephews of Giuseppe De Rossi the Elder, had founded in 1628 their own workshop in the vicinity - at the corner of Via di Parione and Via della Pace near the church of S. Biagio della Fossa - but in 1635 Giovanni Battista in turn separated from his brother and opened a workshop in Piazza Navona, the third of the family. In 1644, after the death of Giuseppe the Younger, his brother Giovanni Battista became the most direct competitor of his uncle's workshop, the De Rossi alla Pace, now run by his widow along with their children who were then partly still minors. Giovanni Battista's son, Matteo Gregorio De Rossi, continued his father's publishing activity, dedicating himself with success also to the activity of engraver. The main collaborator of the typography of Giovanni Battista and Matteo Gregorio was a great artist of the caliber of Lievin Cruyl, who used the typography for the translation into print of many of his drawings on Rome. Matteo Gregorio, in constant rivalry with his cousin Giovanni Giacomo (1627-1691) of the printing house alla Pace, had Tiburzio Vergelli carve a collection of the main monuments of Rome inspired - if not copied - by Giovan Battista Falda.
Fine impressions, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, perfect conditions.
Matteo Gregorio De ROSSI (Roma 1638 - 1702)
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Matteo Gregorio De Rossi is an exponent of one of the branches of the famous Roman printing house. Towards the end of the sixteenth century began the editorial activity of Antonio De Rossi, who with his sons Giuseppe the Elder and Giulio, founded the printing house that, over the next two centuries and through four generations, held the monopoly of chalcographic production in the city. The workshop had the sign “De Rossi alla Pace”. The history of the De Rossi family is characterized by internal disputes and contrasts that lead to the opening of individual printing houses in competition with each other. Giulio De Rossi's sons, Giuseppe the Younger and Giovanni Battista, nephews of Giuseppe De Rossi the Elder, had founded in 1628 their own workshop in the vicinity - at the corner of Via di Parione and Via della Pace near the church of S. Biagio della Fossa - but in 1635 Giovanni Battista in turn separated from his brother and opened a workshop in Piazza Navona, the third of the family. In 1644, after the death of Giuseppe the Younger, his brother Giovanni Battista became the most direct competitor of his uncle's workshop, the De Rossi alla Pace, now run by his widow along with their children who were then partly still minors. Giovanni Battista's son, Matteo Gregorio De Rossi, continued his father's publishing activity, dedicating himself with success also to the activity of engraver. The main collaborator of the typography of Giovanni Battista and Matteo Gregorio was a great artist of the caliber of Lievin Cruyl, who used the typography for the translation into print of many of his drawings on Rome. Matteo Gregorio, in constant rivalry with his cousin Giovanni Giacomo (1627-1691) of the printing house alla Pace, had Tiburzio Vergelli carve a collection of the main monuments of Rome inspired - if not copied - by Giovan Battista Falda.
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Matteo Gregorio De ROSSI (Roma 1638 - 1702)
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Matteo Gregorio De Rossi is an exponent of one of the branches of the famous Roman printing house. Towards the end of the sixteenth century began the editorial activity of Antonio De Rossi, who with his sons Giuseppe the Elder and Giulio, founded the printing house that, over the next two centuries and through four generations, held the monopoly of chalcographic production in the city. The workshop had the sign “De Rossi alla Pace”. The history of the De Rossi family is characterized by internal disputes and contrasts that lead to the opening of individual printing houses in competition with each other. Giulio De Rossi's sons, Giuseppe the Younger and Giovanni Battista, nephews of Giuseppe De Rossi the Elder, had founded in 1628 their own workshop in the vicinity - at the corner of Via di Parione and Via della Pace near the church of S. Biagio della Fossa - but in 1635 Giovanni Battista in turn separated from his brother and opened a workshop in Piazza Navona, the third of the family. In 1644, after the death of Giuseppe the Younger, his brother Giovanni Battista became the most direct competitor of his uncle's workshop, the De Rossi alla Pace, now run by his widow along with their children who were then partly still minors. Giovanni Battista's son, Matteo Gregorio De Rossi, continued his father's publishing activity, dedicating himself with success also to the activity of engraver. The main collaborator of the typography of Giovanni Battista and Matteo Gregorio was a great artist of the caliber of Lievin Cruyl, who used the typography for the translation into print of many of his drawings on Rome. Matteo Gregorio, in constant rivalry with his cousin Giovanni Giacomo (1627-1691) of the printing house alla Pace, had Tiburzio Vergelli carve a collection of the main monuments of Rome inspired - if not copied - by Giovan Battista Falda.
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