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Opere di Polidoro da Caravaggio

Print
1656 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Polidoro (Designer)
Galestruzzi (Designer)
Galestruzzi (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Rome (Printed)

Plate 5.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleOpere di Polidoro da Caravaggio (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi. Trophies with a helmet surmounted by a lion. Plate 5 from a series of 6 prints of trophies derived from works by Polidoro da Caravaggio.
Physical description
Plate 5.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 12.3cm
  • Plate mark width: 17.4cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘TROFEI DI POLIDORO / disegnati dall’Originale / IN ROMA. Et / Intagliati da Giovan Batista Galestruzzi / Pittore Fiorentino. 1658.’ Lower centre.
  • ‘5’ Lower right.
Bibliographic references
  • Schestag, F.: Illustrierter Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung des K.K. Österreich. Museums für Kunst und Industrie., Wien 1871, p. 78.
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 538.
  • Bellini, Paolo, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 46. Italian masters of the seveneenth century, Virgil Solis. New York: Abaris Books, 1985, No. 046.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.7522-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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