Poesia (Poetry)

c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Associated Names
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Artist, Ferrarese, active c. 1465

The image depicts a person playing a recorder. The person has long, wavy hair and delicate facial features. They are dressed in an intricate robe and hold a recorder against their lips. One hand rests on a jug on their knee. A decorative vase sits beside them on a textured surface. Mountains are shown in the background, and a patterned border surrounds the image, with the text "POESIA XXVII" at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with traces of gilding

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.6 x 10.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9520

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.237, no. 27, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 89); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1959, no catalogue.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 125.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.40.

Wikidata ID

Q65023922

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