Ornamental figure with hound and grotesque figures; Possibly by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia; engraving; Italian 1571

Ornamental panel, oblong, with hound and grotesque figures.

From Miller (1999):
Hind illustrates an impression in Rome before the addition of the name of the publisher Camocio and pairs it with another (Hind V, no. 55), calling both of them ' possibly by G.A. da Brescia'. Mortimer, 316, describes a volume published by Camocio in 1571 of antique foliage by Giovanni Battista Mutiano, which has bound into it five plates of leaf forms with grotesques signed by Camocio as publisher. Mortimer illustrates one of these five plates, which shows strong stylistic similarities to the plate here. The print here also shares a number of features: the muscularity of the male torso top left, the winged insect top right, and the character of the scrolling foliage, with a print catalogued by Bartsch as School of Raimindi (B. XV, p.57, no. 5; TIB, vol. 28, p. 76). According to Mortimer, Caomocio was also a map publisher active 1557-69, about whom nothing is known after 1572.

Reissue of Hind V, no. 56, TIB 2511.055

This print depicts creatures which are a mixture of humans, animals, birds, fantastical beasts and plant forms. They are set against a background of shaded parellel lines which gives the whole thing the appearance of a piece of ancient Roman relief sculpture.

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