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MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
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MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)

Allegory of Death and Fame ('The Skeletons')

Closed10 December 2019

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MARCO DENTE, CALLED MARCO DA RAVENNA (CIRCA 1486-1527) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
Allegory of Death and Fame ('The Skeletons')
engraving, circa 1518-25, on laid paper, watermark Crossbow in a Circle with Fleur-de-Lys (similar to Briquet 761), a good but somewhat later impression, second state (of three), with Salamanca's address but before the address of Nicolas Van Aelst, printing with a light plate tone, trimmed to or just outside the platemark, some skilful repairs at the corners, a few other tiny repairs at the sheet edges, some vertical flattened folds, otherwise in good condition
Plate & Sheet 287 x 431 mm.

With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Acquired from the above, on 5 July 1997.

Specialist note

Due to a misunderstanding in Vasari's Vite, this engraving was traditionally thought to be based on a composition by Baccio Bandinelli. However, it is very closely related to a drawing by Rosso Fiorentino in the Uffizi (inv. no. 6499 F). A copy of the drawing, also in the Uffizi, has been attributed to the engraver Marco Dente. It shows how the printmarker developed and added to the composition prior to working on the plate. Rosso's drawing is dated 1517, which serves as the terminus post quem for this highly excentric print.