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Title-page for a set of friezes

Print
1628 (published)
Artist/Maker
Rossi (publisher)
Giancarli, Polifilo (designer)
Luca Ciamberlano (engraver)
Giuseppe De Rossi Milanese (Publisher)
Place of origin
Italy (published)

This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated. Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Paintings
Images Online
Anthropomorphism
Object type
Print
TitleTitle-page for a set of friezes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Polifilo Giancarli, after. Titlepage for a set of friezes of foliage with figures and monsters. Published by Giuseppe de Rossi, Rome, 1628.
Physical description
Title page for a set of friezes, engraving.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 14.8cm
  • Sheet width: 4.73cm
  • Plate mark height: 11.6cm
  • Plate mark width: 46.2cm
Style
Baroque
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in the centre of the frieze: 'AL SIG. CAVALIER / CASSIANO DAL POZZO / mio Signore / Humilius . servitore Gioseppe de Rossi / D. D. D. / 1628'
  • Inscribed in the lower left: ' Gio: Jacomo de Rossi formis Romae alla Pace / all' insegna di Parigi / Romae Superior licentia.'
  • Inscribed in the lower right: 'Poliphilus Giancarli / Inventor. Lucas Ciamberlanus Fecit.'
Subject depicted
Scroll-Work
Summary
This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated. Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Snodin, Michael and Llewellyn, Nigel (eds.), Baroque 1620-1800. Style in the Age of Magnificence, exh. cat., V&A Publishing, London, 2009
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 558.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
17484

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Record createdApril 14, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111153/title-page-for-a-set-print-giancarli-polifilo/
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