Rutzvanscad il Giovine: Arcisopratragichissima Tragedia

1737

Zaccaria Valaresso

Associated Names
Zaccaria Valaresso

Artist, Italian, 1686 - 1769

Giuseppe Bettinelli

Publisher, Italian, active early 18th century

This is a photograph of an old book cover. The cover features a textured light blue background with black printed text that reads "RUTZVANSCAD IL GIOVINE Arcisopratagicissimna Tragedia." There is an orange line-art illustration depicting a classical figure, seated, with one arm raised. The text includes details about the title, author, publisher, place of publication (Venice), publisher's name (Giuseppe Bettinelli), and the date of publication in Roman numerals (MDCCXXXVII - 1737).

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with frontispiece and nine full-page etchings, printed in orange on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Accession Number

    2019.134.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Isidore-Justin-Séverin baron Taylor [1789–1879]; (his sale, 28, rue des Enfants, Paris, 13 December 1893, lot 2262). (Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin); purchased 2020 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

2013

  • Philobiblon: One Thousand Years of Bibliography, III: from the 17th to the 21st Century. PRPH Books, New York, 2013, no. 230.

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