Live Auction 17352Old Master Prints
GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546)
Lot 242

GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546)

David cutting off the Head of Goliath

Closed10 December 2019

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCULTORI (1503-1575) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546)
David cutting off the Head of Goliath
engraving, 1540, on laid paper, with an unidentified watermark, a fine impression of this uncommon print, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, a short, backed paper split at the lower right, a shorter tear at the upper right sheet edge, two short repaired tears at the sheet edges, a few tiny spots, otherwise in good condition
Plate & Sheet 356 x 453 mm.

Specialist note

This engraving is based on Giulio Romano's design for the fresco, executed by Rinaldo Mantovano, in one of the lunettes of Loggia di Davide at Palazzo Te in Mantua, with some minoralterations. Giovanni Battista Scultori, often called Mantovano (even though originally from Verona), was a painter, architect and engraver in Mantua. A pupil of Giulio Pippi, and the father of Adamo and Diana, he is considered the father of the Mantuan School of printmaking, which also included Giorgio Ghisi. Other works by the artist are in offered in this sale (see lots 8, 9 and 108).