Descrizione della raccolta di stampe di S.E. il sig. conte Jacopo Durazzo, patrizio genovese, ec. ec., esposta in una dissertazione sull'arte dell'intagio a stampa

published 1784

Bartolommeo Benincasa (author); Giambattista Bodoni (printer); dalla Reale Stamperia (publisher)

Associated Names
Bartolommeo Benincasa

Author, Italian, 1745 - c. 1825

Giambattista Bodoni

Printer, Italian, 1740 - 1813

dalla Reale Stamperia

Publisher

This is a photograph of a historical document's cover page. The document describes a collection of prints belonging to Jacopo Durazzo, a Genoese patrician, with a dissertation on the art of engraving. The cover is text-focused with Italian typography. It includes an engraved emblem or crest below the main text, and the bottom of the page indicates it was published in Parma by the Royal Printing House in 1784. The paper shows signs of aging with spots and discoloration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with letterpress title page, letterpress text, and portrait frontispiece of Giacomo Durazzo by Giovanni David and Giovanni Vitalba on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 30.2 × 22 × 1.2 cm (11 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.193.1

  • Volume Title

    Descrizione della raccolta di stampe di S.E. il sig. conte Jacopo Durazzo, patrizio genovese, ec. ec., esposta in una dissertazione sull'arte dell'intagio a stampa

Associated Artworks

The image is an engraved portrait showing the head and upper torso of a man in profile, in an oval frame adorned with decorative elements like ribbons and foliage. The man is positioned to the right side, displaying a side profile. His facial features exhibit a high forehead, prominent nose, and closed lips. His hair is neatly styled, likely a wig of the period, tied at the back with a ribbon. He is wearing formal attire, consisting of a jacket and a ruffled cravat. In the area surrounding the portrait, there are artistic elements such as papers, an inkwell with a pen, and a painter's palette and brushes. The background comprises a rectangular frame with detailed decorative carvings.

Portrait of Count Giacomo Durazzo

Giovanni David, Giovanni Vitalba

1779

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

La vecchia Parma antiquariato, No. 1534 (bookplate). Miari Pelli Fabbroni (bookplate). (Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in frontispiece, in plate, in image, below portrait: J. COMTE DE DURAZZO / Noble Genois / Ambassadeur Imperial a Venise.; in frontispiece, in plate, at bottom left: David Gen. in. et ornavit; in frontispiece, in plate, below image, at bottom right: Vitalba vultum perfecit; on second free endpaper in brown ink: Dono al Co. Durazzo meo[?]. / 17]?]7. / G: Pelli[?]

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