DOMENICO DEL BARBIERE (CIRCA 1506-1565/75) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)

Skeletons and Ecorchés

Details

DOMENICO DEL BARBIERE (CIRCA 1506-1565/75) AFTER ROSSO FIORENTINO (1494-1540)
Skeletons and Ecorchés
engraving, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, watermark Bell under Initials VD and Cross (not in Briquet), a good impression of this very rare print, with thread margins, trimmed on the platemark in places, in very good condition
Plate 237 x 337 mm., Sheet 239 x 337 mm.

Literature

Bartsch 8; Zerner 10

Lot Essay

Although no specific drawing by Rosso is known that could have served as a model for Domenico's engraving, it is generally thought to be inspired by drawings which, according to Vasari, Rosso had made in France for a prospected publication of a book on human anatomy.

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