The author present two set of italian plaster impressions of intaglios executed in Rome c. 1840 by Tommaso Cades and Santucci, revealing an unknown partnership of engravers with studio in via Vittoria 19. The group presented in two trays, each tray with the intaglios depicting classical and modern portraits in gilt-card frames, accompanied with a handwritten inventory, a catalogue list, inscribed with the maker's name and address. Typical objects for Grand-Tourists, the casts portray the illustrious men from Omero to Antonio Canova celebrating the continuity with the classical tradition.
Ricordi del Grand Tour. Lo Studio Cades e Santucci in via Vittoria a Roma
LORIZZO, Loredana
2016
Abstract
The author present two set of italian plaster impressions of intaglios executed in Rome c. 1840 by Tommaso Cades and Santucci, revealing an unknown partnership of engravers with studio in via Vittoria 19. The group presented in two trays, each tray with the intaglios depicting classical and modern portraits in gilt-card frames, accompanied with a handwritten inventory, a catalogue list, inscribed with the maker's name and address. Typical objects for Grand-Tourists, the casts portray the illustrious men from Omero to Antonio Canova celebrating the continuity with the classical tradition.File in questo prodotto:
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