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AGOSTINO VENEZIANO (1490-1540) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520) OR GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)

The Procession of Silenus

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AGOSTINO VENEZIANO (1490-1540) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520) OR GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)
The Procession of Silenus
engraving
circa 1520-25
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this rare print
first state (of two)
printing richly yet softly, with great luminosity and contrasts
slightly unevenly at upper left
trimmed to our just outside the platemark, with thread margins in places and inky plate edges
a few tiny repairs, the sheet thinly backed
generally in good condition
Plate 188 x 260 mm.
Sheet 190 x 262 mm.

Literature

Bartsch 240; Shoemaker 70

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拍品专文

The Procession of Silenus is one of Agostino's most accomplished prints, presumably executed when he was fully aware of Marcantonio Raimondi's way of highlighting and modeling, and able to replicate and mediate this manner of engraving with his own Venetian influences.
The design for this engraving is probably based on a lost drawing by Raphael or Giulio Romano, which is known only through later copies. The original drawing in turn must have been inspired by an ancient Roman sarcophagus, kept today at Woburn Abbey ('Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne' - www.database.census.de, ID 159227).

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