A Cartouche
Print
1766 (Published)
1766 (Published)
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This print, engraved by Dionisio Valesi afte Gaetano Ottani, was published in the book Libro primo di Cartelle. This is an extreme example of a baroque asymmetrical cartouche. The cartouche tradition has been traced back to ancient Egypt, and it could be described as a kind of nameplate, characterised by text such as a name or a title, surrounded by decoration. The decoration surrounding the cartouche shows a dramatic landscape of classical ruins.
Cartouches like these were particularly popular among mural and theatrical painters like Ottani, who used the Baroque style until almost to the end of the 18th century.
Cartouches like these were particularly popular among mural and theatrical painters like Ottani, who used the Baroque style until almost to the end of the 18th century.
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | Gaetano Ottani. Plate 8 from a suite of 16 plates, including title plate, of designs for cartouches decorated with attributes from the sciences and the arts entitled 'Libro primo di Cartelli'. Italian, 1766. |
| Physical description | Plate 8. |
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| Gallery label | PRINT: A CARTOUCHE
Italian, 1766
Engravings by Dionisio Valesi after Gaetano Ottani (about 1742-1790), from the Libro primo di Cartelle
Violently unbalanced, this is an extreme example of a baroque asymmetrical cartouche. Such cartouches were especially popular among mural and theatrical painters like Ottani, who used the baroque style almost to the end of the 18th century.
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| Object history | A complete set of the plates can be found in volume 92.B.10 in the V&A print room collection. |
| Production | From the book Libro Primo di Cartelle |
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| Summary | This print, engraved by Dionisio Valesi afte Gaetano Ottani, was published in the book Libro primo di Cartelle. This is an extreme example of a baroque asymmetrical cartouche. The cartouche tradition has been traced back to ancient Egypt, and it could be described as a kind of nameplate, characterised by text such as a name or a title, surrounded by decoration. The decoration surrounding the cartouche shows a dramatic landscape of classical ruins. Cartouches like these were particularly popular among mural and theatrical painters like Ottani, who used the Baroque style until almost to the end of the 18th century. |
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| Accession number | 29850:9 |
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| Record created | April 26, 2005 |
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