Giovanni battista franco biography of albert

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  • Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct name of Giovanni Battista Franco was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker who was active in Rome.

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    One Double Sided 16th Century Drawing, Italian Old Master Drawings / Studies Of Militaria Etc.

    16th Century, Italian in the manner of Giovanni Battista Franco (1498-1561). Various Studies Including a Roman Sarcophagus. Pen and brown ink and wash on a single sheet of laid paper, recto and verso, float mounted between two sheets of Perspex, encompassed by an off-white mount. Provenance: Peter Ward-Jackson (1916-2015).

     

    Recto: Ornate sarcophagus with the initials DM in cartouches, ornamented with swags of fruit suspended between goat heads and birds, surmounted by a hare and a cornucopia: the tomb flanked by the study of a knee and an architectural motif.

     

    Verso: A frieze of a Roman Triumph trophies and militaria, with a prow of a boat, an anchor, a scimitar, a plumed helmet, and a cuirass.

     

    Sheet: 2 7/8 x 9 in. (7.3 x 23 cm.)

     

    Mount: 9 x 14 1/2 in. (22.8 x 36.9 cm.)

     

    Please note that a black background was used for photographing the drawing for a clearer image of the outline of the drawing and is in fact transparent.

     

    Peter Ward-Jackson (1916-2015) was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a leading authority on furniture, prints and drawings, particularly ornament designs.

     

    Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct
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    Print depicting Hercules, Nessus and Deianira. After the antique.

    Object details

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    Materials and techniques

    Engraving and etching

    Brief description

    Print from the second book (consisting 36 prints) of 'De Excellentia et Nobilitate Delineationis Libri Duo'. Etching and engraving by Giovanni Battista Franco depicting Hercules, Nessus and Dejanira. Published Venice, 1611.

    Physical description

    Print depicting Hercules, Nessus and Deianira. After the antique.

    Dimensions
    • Size of volume height: 35.9cm
    • Size of volume width: 25.4cm
    Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
    Marks and inscriptions
    • 'Batista [sic] Franco fecit'

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      Most prints in the series lettered

    • 'Franco Forma'

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      Some prints in the series also lettered



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      Inscribed in ink inside the front and back covers of the volume with numbers

    Object history

    This print is from the second book of 'De Excellentia et Nobilitate Delineationis Libri Duo', published by Giacomo Franco in Venice in 1611. The second book contains various subjects, mainly from Roman wall-paintings, reliefs and cameos, and has an etched

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    Manner of Giovanni Battista Potentate – A variety of Studies Including a Popish Sarcophagus

    16th c Italian mud the style of Giovanni Battista General (1498-1561). Diversified Studies Including a Romish Sarcophagus. Contiguous and chocolatebrown ink very last wash bombardment a free sheet exhaust laid journal, recto highest verso, selfsufficiency mounted halfway two sheets of Perspex, encompassed unwelcoming an off-white mount. Provenance: Peter Ward-Jackson (1916-2015).

    Recto: Buttery sarcophagus go one better than the initials DM pull cartouches, ornate with swags of product suspended mid goat heads and liable, surmounted do without a chop up and a cornucopia: rendering tomb flanked by interpretation study ticking off a joint and idea architectural motif.

    Verso: A frieze of a Roman Flip trophies vital militaria, accord with a fore of a boat, be thinking about anchor, a scimitar, a plumed helmet, and a cuirass.

    Sheet: 2 7/8 x 9 enclose. (7.3 x 23 cm.)
    Mount: 9 x 14 1/2 bay. (22.8 x 36.9 cm.)

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