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Allegory of Virtue
| Reference: | S48849 |
| Author | Georg Caspar Joseph von PRENNER |
| Year: | 1747 |
| Measures: | 194 x 300 mm |
€150.00
- New
| Reference: | S48849 |
| Author | Georg Caspar Joseph von PRENNER |
| Year: | 1747 |
| Measures: | 194 x 300 mm |
€150.00
Description
Personification of Virtue, section of a fresco from the Sala dei Fasti, Caprarola; a female figure seated on a cloud holding a spear in the right hand and dressed as a warrior.
Etching, 1746, lettered beneath image: G. G. de Penner del. e coll'acqua forte inc. Roma MDCCXLVII / Virtus / III'.
After Taddeo Zuccari.
From the Illustri fatti farnesiani coloriti nel real Palazzo di Caprarola (Illustrations of frescoes in the Farnese Palace at Caprarola), a series of forty-five plates reproducing frescoes painted by Taddeo, Federico and Ottaviano Zuccaro in the Palazzo Caprarola, near Rome. The publication according to the title page was suggested by Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona to whom it is dedicated after he died (1747).
The first series comprises twenty-one plates (I-XXI) from the Sala dei Fasti, where the frescoes celebrate the power of the Farnese family. The second series comprises fifteen plates (I-XV) from the Sala del Concilio, where the frescoes celebrate the life of pope Paulus III and the Council of Trent. The last five prints are views and plans of Caprarola by Giuseppe Vasi. It is assumed that the Vasi prints were also commissioned by Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva for the same book but this has not been documented (Tice and Harper 'Giuseppe Vasi's Rome ... ' 2011, p.176). The date on the title page 1748 is that on the Vasi's print showing the section of Caprarola, whereas the prints by Prenner date 1743-1747.
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, very good condition.
Bibliografia
Cristina Acidini Luchinat, 'Taddeo e Federico Zuccari fratelli pittori del Cinquecento', pp. 156-226.
Georg Caspar Joseph von PRENNER (1720 - 1766)
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Son and disciple of the Austrian court artist A. I. von Prenner.
Since 1742 Prenner worked in Rome, where he created some of the temple altars and performed by order of the Roman cardinal Trojans Akvivy album of engravings (1745-1747).
In 1750 Vice-Chancellor count Mikhail Vorontsov Illarionovich prenner invited to Russia to the court of Elizabeth. It was awarded a contract for three years with a salary of 1500 roubles a year. As court painter prenner wrote magnificent formal portraits of Empress Elizabeth ("Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovny". 1754. TG) and pompous pseudo-compositions ("Equestrian portrait of Empress Elizabeth and his entourage." 1750-1755. RM). Prenner was engaged in custom portraits: Mikhail Vorontsov and his family members, Chancellor A. P. Bestuzhev-Rumin, count P. I. Shuvalov, I. E. Sievers (1750s GE) and others.
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Georg Caspar Joseph von PRENNER (1720 - 1766)
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Son and disciple of the Austrian court artist A. I. von Prenner.
Since 1742 Prenner worked in Rome, where he created some of the temple altars and performed by order of the Roman cardinal Trojans Akvivy album of engravings (1745-1747).
In 1750 Vice-Chancellor count Mikhail Vorontsov Illarionovich prenner invited to Russia to the court of Elizabeth. It was awarded a contract for three years with a salary of 1500 roubles a year. As court painter prenner wrote magnificent formal portraits of Empress Elizabeth ("Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovny". 1754. TG) and pompous pseudo-compositions ("Equestrian portrait of Empress Elizabeth and his entourage." 1750-1755. RM). Prenner was engaged in custom portraits: Mikhail Vorontsov and his family members, Chancellor A. P. Bestuzhev-Rumin, count P. I. Shuvalov, I. E. Sievers (1750s GE) and others.
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