Print Description
Medium: Line and aquatint etching with original hand coloring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 36 x 26.5 cm (14.17 x 10.43 inch). Image size: 32 x 26 cm. (12.6 x 10.24 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Bottom margin remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WALLACHIA, MONASTERY, CHURCH OF ST MARY, ROMANIA, FERRARIO, CASTELLINI, GIULIO FERRARIO, IL COSTUME ANTICO E MODERNO, HAND-COLORED AQUATINT, EASTERN EUROPE ARCHITECTURE, MONASTIC LIFE, 19TH CENTURY COSTUME, RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE | PCO-A4-39
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Giulio Ferrario, Il costume antico e moderno, Europe Vol. I, Milan 1816. Published by Stamperia del Giegler. Part of the larger series: ‘Il Costume Antico e Moderno …’ , by Giulio Ferrario, published in Milan in 21 volumes by Antonio Fortunato Stella in 1827 (first edition, second issue). The 17 volumes of the first issue were published sequentially between c. 1815/1816 until 1826 after first being issued in 143 weekly installments. The work appeared in Italian and French. Smaller size editions with smaller much less elaborate plates were published in Florence (1823-38), Naples (1831-42) and even a 16mo. editon in Livorno (1830). Artists that worked on this monumental work are: Gallo Gallina, D.K. Bonatti, A. Biasioli, L. Rossi, Paolo Fumagalli, Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), G. Bigatti, C. Bramati, G. Gallo, C. Bottiglia, G. Castellini, Antonio Rancati (1784-1816), Vittorio Raineri, Sydney Parkinson, Castelli, A. Sanquirico (1777-1849), Angelo Monticelli (1778-1837), A.L. Rossins, Bottigella and others.
Reference: Ferrario: Il costume antico e moderno; Servolini 1955; Davoli 2000.
Biography engraver: Giuseppe Castellini (18th-19th c.) was an Italian engraver active in Milan during the early 19th century. He worked on architectural and costume plates for Giulio Ferrario’s monumental Il costume antico e moderno, showcasing scenes of European and extra-European life with a refined aquatint technique.
Biography artist: Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847), Italian scholar, bibliographer, and publisher. Director of the Biblioteca Braidense and compiler of Il costume antico e moderno, a vast encyclopedic ethnographic work. Giulio Ferrario was founder of the ‘Societa Tipografica de Classici Italiani’ and served as the director of the Braidense National Library in Milan, Italy. Artists that worked on this monumental work are: Gallo Gallina, D.K. Bonatti, A. Biasioli, L. Rossi, Paolo Fumagalli, Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), G. Bigatti, C. Bramati, G. Gallo, C. Bottiglia, G. Castellini, Antonio Rancati (1784-1816), Vittorio Raineri, Sydney Parkinson, Castelli, A. Sanquirico (1777-1849), Angelo Monticelli (1778-1837), A.L. Rossins, Bottigella and others.
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