Giardino del Ill.mo Card. Montalto
| Reference: | S5445 |
| Author | Mattheus GREUTER |
| Year: | 1623 ca. |
| Zone: | Villa Negroni |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 355 x 240 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S5445 |
| Author | Mattheus GREUTER |
| Year: | 1623 ca. |
| Zone: | Villa Negroni |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 355 x 240 mm |
€300.00
Description
Bird's eye view of Villa Montalto (also known as Villa Peretti) and its lavish formal gardens; with the main gate visible in the upper right section, at centre a building with adjoining enclosed garden, and at upper left an oval basin surrounded by statues.
Villa Montalto (or Villa Peretti and later known as Villa Negroni) no longer exists.
Lettered with title, explanatory captions within the image, three lines of text alongside the bottom: 'Questo é quel bellissino giardino fatto da Papa Sisto V...', and production detail: 'M. Greuter fe. co. Privileggio'. A publication address in the bottom right corner has been burnished off the plate; it should have read : 'Gottifredo de Scaichi exc.'.
It's part of a collection of eight engravings of Roman gardens and palaces engraved by Mattheus Greuter and Francesco Corduba and first published by Greuter and his brother in law Gottfried van Schayck, and later reprinted (around 1650) by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi.
The set iclude:
Villa Borghesia / Gio. Iacomo Rossi formis Romae alla pace alla insegna di Parigi
Giardino del ill.mo Card. Montalto / M. Greuter fe[cit] co[n] privileggio [earlier imprint obscured]
Disegno et sito del sontuoso giardino et palazzo del ser.mo gran duca di Toscana in Roma / Giovan. Domenico Rossi, le stampa in Roma alla pace
Villa de l'ecc.mo s.re principe Panfilio fuora de la Porta di S. Pancratio / si stampano per Gio. Iacomo Rossi formis Romae all' insegna di Parigi all pace
[R]itratto nel quale si representa il vero sito dell' horti et fontane che con ingeniosissimi adornamenti et maraviglie si vedono nella villa in Tivoli ... D. Hippolito Da Este, Card. di Ferrara / Franciscus Corduba fecit
Il palazzo papale à Monte Cavallo incominciato da Sisto V et da N.S. Papa Paolo V, finito, amplificato et in meglior forma redotto con la sala reggia et cappella papale fatta di nuouo da fondamenti / [without imprint]
Giardino de gl' ill.mi sig.ri Mattei / Giovan. Domenico Rossi, stampa in Roma alla pace
Giardino di Belvedere col palazzo del papa in Vaticano / In Roma f. Gio. Domenico Rossi alla pace.
Copperplate, with margins, very good condition.
Very rare.
Literature
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The New Hollstein (German) 241.II; Fuhring 2004 8003
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Mattheus GREUTER (Roma 1564 - 1638)
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Matthaus, or Mathias or Matheus, Greuter was drawer and engraver for De Angelis. He was born in Strassbourg in 1564 and died in Rome in 1638 and there he has been buried, in the church of Saint Eustachio.
Before coming to Rome, where he finally published his own works, he lived and worked for a while in Lion and Avignon. The majority of his plates are etchings with final touches with engraving, in “excellent style”. He remained in Rome until 1584.
He realized small engravings depicting saints and some title pages of maps and the great Giudizio Universale. He worked for Giovanni Mannozzi, Antonio Pomarancio, Claudio Deronet and, together with Lucas Vosterman, he realized the marvellous ride of Charles V.
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Literature
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The New Hollstein (German) 241.II; Fuhring 2004 8003
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Mattheus GREUTER (Roma 1564 - 1638)
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Matthaus, or Mathias or Matheus, Greuter was drawer and engraver for De Angelis. He was born in Strassbourg in 1564 and died in Rome in 1638 and there he has been buried, in the church of Saint Eustachio.
Before coming to Rome, where he finally published his own works, he lived and worked for a while in Lion and Avignon. The majority of his plates are etchings with final touches with engraving, in “excellent style”. He remained in Rome until 1584.
He realized small engravings depicting saints and some title pages of maps and the great Giudizio Universale. He worked for Giovanni Mannozzi, Antonio Pomarancio, Claudio Deronet and, together with Lucas Vosterman, he realized the marvellous ride of Charles V.
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