OBJECT

definition: stampa

SUBJECT

identification: SUICIDIO DI AIACE
: Death of Ajax

LOCATION

Londra, British Museum, Prints and Drawings

ACQUISIZIONE NELLA RACCOLTA

type of acquisition: acquisto
first name: Colnaghi
1860

PROVENIENZA

data uscita: 1860

DATE

sec. XVI, secondo quarto
1540 ca. - 1549 ca.

AUTHOR

EDITORI/STAMPATORI

Niccolò Vicentino, 1510 ca./ post 1566 (bottega)
Veneto

STATE

primo stato (di due)

TECHNICAL DATA

xilografia; chiaroscuro; mm 302 x 409 ca.
medium material: carta

CONSERVATION

buono

MODALITÀ DI CONSERVAZIONE

RESTORATIONS

INSCRIPTIONS

type of material: indicazione di responsabilità
language of the material: latino
writing technique: a stampa
fonts: lettere capitali
position: in basso a destra
transcription: PVLIDORO . CAR/ IO . NIC. VICEN










STEMMI, MARCHI

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Chiaroscuro woodcut from 3 blocks, light olive green/ medium olive green/ umber brown, i state



state i/ii: inscription in darkest block: PVLIDORO . CAR/ IO . NIC. VICEN



state ii/ii: inscription from first state removed; replaced with Andreai’s address: “POLIDORODACARAVAGIO/ INVENT AA inMantova1608”



See also comment in ALU.0991.1 and ALU.0996.1.



Other Vicentino workshop impressions:



-Albertina DG2002/342: lime/green/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=4234bb25-9013-4c14-845d-83af525c2711



-Albertina DG2002/343: verdigris containing inks/black https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/m?queryid=3c200682-6c3d-40b3-8496-f43002d7151b



-Frankfurt 33881: lime/green/black



-RCIN 830795: lime/green/black https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/5/collection/830795/death-of-ajax



-Harvard M2774: red-browns/black https://hvrd.art/o/261509



-Chatworth vol. IV, fol. 49, no. 69: light olive green/medium olive green/umber brown palette



-Fitzwilliam 31K.9-158: mustard ocher/sienna/black https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/129265



-MFA 64.1084: green/blue-green/black https://collections.mfa.org/objects/167835/the-death-of-ajax



-Long Collection L.19.18.2008 (Barryte 104): lime/green/black http://cantorcollection.stanford.edu/objects-1/info?query=mfs%20all%20%22Niccol%C3%B2%20Vicentino%22&page=2



Impressions printed by the Ladder in a Shield Printer in browns/black:



-MMA 62.635 (possibly: but atypical watermark for this printer)



-Munich 18537 (possibly: but atypical watermark for this printer)



-Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-31.159 http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.51778



Andreani impression (state ii/ii):



-BM W,4.24 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_W-4-24;



Brema, Kunsthalle, inv. 34163


PHOTOGRAPHS

type of material: fotografia digitale
ente proprietario: London, British Museum ©
notes: Creative Commons

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bartsch A., Le peintre graveur, Vienne, 1803-1821, v. XII, p. 96, n. 5

BIBLIOGRAPHY

, Myth, Allegory and Faith. The Kirk Edward Long Collection of Mannerist Prints, Cinisello Balsamo, 2015, n. 104

MOSTRE/ESPOSIZIONI

ENTRY'S AUTHOR

Takahatake N., 2020
Takahatake N., Atlante delle xilografie italiane del Rinascimento, ALU.0989.1, https://archivi.cini.it/storiaarte/detail/48616/stampa-48616.html, ISBN 978-88-96445-24-2
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