Title Page for "Bizzarie di varie Figure"

1624

Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Artist, Italian, active c. 1624 - 1649

This is a drawing of an ornate title page. The central space is filled with elegant script, flanked by two seated figures resembling mythical creatures with human and animal features. These figures are integrated into a decorative frame with scroll-like patterns and elaborate structures. At the top, a figure with flowing hair is overlooked by two symmetrical candlesticks. The text in the center includes the title "BIZARIE di varie Figure di Giovanbattista Braccelli pittore fiorentino All'Ill.mo s. Don Pietro Medici 1624," suggesting it is a work by Giovanni Battista Braccelli dedicated to Don Pietro Medici, dated 1624. The drawing exhibits a baroque style focusing on intricate detailing and symmetry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8 x 10.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Preaud 1975, no. A (series)

  • Series Title

    Bizzarie di varie Figure [1961.17.9-50]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baroness Burdett Coutts [1814-1906], London; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1922, no. 67); Arthur Rau. Robert de Billy. Alain Brieux. Irving Davis, London. Hans P. Kraus, New York, July 14, 1954; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, September 1954; gift to NGA, 1961.

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Exhibition History

1989

  • Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Cleveland Museum of Art; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,1989, no. 116, repro.

Bibliography

1989

  • Reed, Sue Welsh and Richard Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque. Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989: no.116.

Wikidata ID

Q65226120

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