Name: Antique Master Print-SIGISMONDO-MALATESTA-ATRIUM-HEROICUM-Custos-1600-1604
SKU: PCO-17045
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Antique Master Print-SIGISMONDO-MALATESTA-ATRIUM-HEROICUM-Custos-1600-1604

€145.00

‘CAPIT. SIGISMUND. DE MALATESTIS ARIMINI. ET ROMANAE ECCLESIAE – ORE SIGISMUNDUS TALI MALATESTA VIGEBAT, / MARTE BONUS DUCTOR, LUSTRA TER ANTE DECEM.’

– Bust portrait of Sigismondo Malatesta 1417-1468) in profile to the right, in armor with a flower-shaped order on his chest. Framed within an oval with Latin inscription.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 17.9 x 28.5 cm (7.05 x 11.22 inch). Image size: 12.3 x 17.8 cm. (4.84 x 7.01 inch).

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

SIGISMONDO MALATESTA, ITALIAN NOBILITY, RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS, DOMINICUS CUSTOS, ATRIUM HEROICUM, AUGSBURG, ENGRAVING | PCO-E15-2-4

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: Atrium heroicum Caesarum, regum…, Dominicus Custos & Marcus Henning, Augsburg, 1600-1604.

Reference: Hollstein German 58.

Biography engraver: Dominicus Custos (c. 1560-1615) was a Flemish engraver and publisher active in Augsburg, known for his engraved portrait series of emperors, scholars, and nobles. His Atrium Heroicum is a landmark collection of early modern portraiture. As both engraver and publisher, Dominicus Custos created Atrium Heroicum to honor notable figures of the 16th century, blending humanist ideals and fine portrait engraving.