‘BARTHOLOMEUS SPRANGER’ – PUBLICATION LINE REFERRING TO MUSEO FLORENTINO – ENGRAVER CREDIT TO CARLO GREGORI (AS STATED IN SERIES)’

– Oval portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611), a reknown Flemish manierist painter from Antwerp, active in Italy and Prague, where he acquired fame as court painter.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23.6 x 33.7 cm (9.29 x 13.27 inch). Image size: 18.2 x 27.2 cm. (7.17 x 10.71 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Good impression with margins. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age toning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BARTHOLOMEUS SPRANGER, BARTOLOMMEO SPRANGER, MUSEO FLORENTINO, CARLO GREGORI, GIOVANNI DOMENICO FERRETTI, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, FLEMISH PAINTER, PORTRAIT OF PAINTERS | PCO-E15-2-43

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Francesco Moucke (publisher), Museo Florentino (Museum Florentinum), Serie di Ritratti de Pittori, Florence, 1752-1762 (Stamperia Mouckiana).

Biography engraver: Carlo Gregori (1719-1759) was an Italian engraver active in Florence. He worked extensively for the Stamperia Mouckiana and contributed plates to the Museo Florentino, producing refined engravings after paintings in Florentine collections.

Biography artist: Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. The original portrait derives from a self-portrait by Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611), a Flemish Mannerist painter active at the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. Spranger was known for his elegant, elongated figures and mythological compositions.