Dedication Page with Statue of Fama

1638

Ercole Bazicaluva

Associated Names
Ercole Bazicaluva

Artist, Florentine, c. 1610 - 1661 or after

This is a drawing of a classical statue and scenic landscape. The drawing shows a winged figure blowing a trumpet, standing on a grand monument structure with inscriptions below. The monument has decorative elements and a heraldic emblem. In the background, there is a pastoral landscape with a river, trees, and architectural structures. The sky above has wispy clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 x 25.2 cm (7 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 39.5 cm (11 7/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.3.1

  • Series Title

    Landscapes Dedicated to the Grand Duke of Tuscany

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1959

  • B. 20, p.73.

1989

  • Valeria Bella Stampe, GRAFICA ANTICA E MODERNA, Milan: 11/89, no.1.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: SERmo., GRANDVCA / [10 line inscription] / Di Firenze il di 24 di ottobre 1638 ... Ercole Bazicaluue di Pisa.F. / Gio.Iacomo Rossi formis Roma : e alla Pace all insegna di Parigi; by later hand, upper right in brown ink: F F F; by later hand, lower left in graphite: No 1383; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 6

Wikidata ID

Q74884550

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