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[RICCI, Marco (1676-1730) -- Italian landscapes engraved by Giuliano Giampiccoli (1699-1759), after Ricci] -- Viro clarissimo Josepho Smith ... primas has decem et octo Tabulas, Marci Riccii ... inventas, a Juliano vero Giampiccolo, sororis filio, adnitente Joanne Bapta Theupolo, recens excusas, Bartholomaeus Zucconius Collector in sui obsequii monumentum. -- Antonio Mariae Zanetto Hieronymi Filio Viro Picturae, & Antiquitatis Studiosissimo, Secundas has decem et octo Tabulas, olim a Marco Riccio ... inventas ... nunc vero a Juliano Giampiccolo aere ductas Bartholomaeus Zucconius Collector in suae aestimationis specimen. [Venice: ca. 1740].
2 parts in oblong 2° (350 x 498mm, engraved area 250 x 360mm). Each part comprises 19 plates: an etched frontispiece dedicated to Joseph Smith (part I) or Antonio Maria Zanetti (part II), engraved by Giampiccoli after Gerolamo Colonna and with bas-relief signed Tiepolo, followed by 18 engraved plates (numbered 1-18, and II:1-18) by Giampiccoli after Marco Ricci. Some sheets in part I watermarked with triple crescent, and in part II with trefoil and initial F. Contemporary calf-backed tree-paper boards, single gilt tool in spine compartments, leather label in the second (discreetly repaired).
FIRST EDITION of the etchings made by Giuliano Giampiccoli after the Ricci drawings in the collections of Consul Joseph Smith and Antonio Maria Zanetti. Each frontispiece has a bas-relief scene on the tympanum of an allegorical mausoleum by GIAMBATTISTA TIEPOLO, the first depicting the meeting between Alexander and the wife of Darius, and the second the justification of Timoclea. In addition, Tiepolo was almost certainly responsible for elements in the other 36 plates in the two series. Identifying precisely Tiepolo's contributions has been a source of much debate since Mariette (Abecedario, 1858-9, IV, p.392) first attributed some of the figures in the Ricci plates to him. In the second edition of the series, which contained 48 plates and was edited by Teodoro Viero and printed in 1775, Tiepolo's name appears at the bottom of 40 of the plates. A proof before letters by Ricci (now in the Remondini collection) seemed to prove that Tiepolo had indeed added his own name to the 40 plates; it also may indicate that Viero, publishing his edition after the death of Tiepolo, wished to capitalise on the name of the celebrated Venetian artist. Current opinion (L.C.J. Frerichs, Aldo Rizzi) holds that the bas-reliefs on the frontispieces are certainly the work of Tiepolo, and that while he may have contributed to the other plates, those contributions are difficult to define (See A. Rizzi, The etchings of the Tiepolos, London:1971, p.430).
[Bound with:]
Davide FOSSATI. Francisco Comiti Algarotto, ... Hasce XXIV Tabulas olim a Marco Ricci Bellunensi Colorib. Expressas, quae Extant in Aedibus Joseph Smith, et Antonii Mariae Zanetti, D.A.F. Venice: 1743.
Oblong 2° (engraved area 250 x 360mm). Etched frontispiece dedicated to Francesco Algarotti, and 24 plates, signed Mar. Ricci pinx.. (Short marginal tear in first leaf neatly repaired, not extending into plate mark.)
Among the renowned collections of Joseph Smith, created Consul in 1744, which were purchased by George III were 34 paintings by Marco Ricci and several albums of Ricci caricatures and landscape drawings. The present album testifies to the sophistication of Smith and his friend Zanetti as art patrons, and to the varied styles and techniques of Ricci's work.
2 parts in oblong 2° (350 x 498mm, engraved area 250 x 360mm). Each part comprises 19 plates: an etched frontispiece dedicated to Joseph Smith (part I) or Antonio Maria Zanetti (part II), engraved by Giampiccoli after Gerolamo Colonna and with bas-relief signed Tiepolo, followed by 18 engraved plates (numbered 1-18, and II:1-18) by Giampiccoli after Marco Ricci. Some sheets in part I watermarked with triple crescent, and in part II with trefoil and initial F. Contemporary calf-backed tree-paper boards, single gilt tool in spine compartments, leather label in the second (discreetly repaired).
FIRST EDITION of the etchings made by Giuliano Giampiccoli after the Ricci drawings in the collections of Consul Joseph Smith and Antonio Maria Zanetti. Each frontispiece has a bas-relief scene on the tympanum of an allegorical mausoleum by GIAMBATTISTA TIEPOLO, the first depicting the meeting between Alexander and the wife of Darius, and the second the justification of Timoclea. In addition, Tiepolo was almost certainly responsible for elements in the other 36 plates in the two series. Identifying precisely Tiepolo's contributions has been a source of much debate since Mariette (Abecedario, 1858-9, IV, p.392) first attributed some of the figures in the Ricci plates to him. In the second edition of the series, which contained 48 plates and was edited by Teodoro Viero and printed in 1775, Tiepolo's name appears at the bottom of 40 of the plates. A proof before letters by Ricci (now in the Remondini collection) seemed to prove that Tiepolo had indeed added his own name to the 40 plates; it also may indicate that Viero, publishing his edition after the death of Tiepolo, wished to capitalise on the name of the celebrated Venetian artist. Current opinion (L.C.J. Frerichs, Aldo Rizzi) holds that the bas-reliefs on the frontispieces are certainly the work of Tiepolo, and that while he may have contributed to the other plates, those contributions are difficult to define (See A. Rizzi, The etchings of the Tiepolos, London:1971, p.430).
[Bound with:]
Davide FOSSATI. Francisco Comiti Algarotto, ... Hasce XXIV Tabulas olim a Marco Ricci Bellunensi Colorib. Expressas, quae Extant in Aedibus Joseph Smith, et Antonii Mariae Zanetti, D.A.F. Venice: 1743.
Oblong 2° (engraved area 250 x 360mm). Etched frontispiece dedicated to Francesco Algarotti, and 24 plates, signed Mar. Ricci pinx.. (Short marginal tear in first leaf neatly repaired, not extending into plate mark.)
Among the renowned collections of Joseph Smith, created Consul in 1744, which were purchased by George III were 34 paintings by Marco Ricci and several albums of Ricci caricatures and landscape drawings. The present album testifies to the sophistication of Smith and his friend Zanetti as art patrons, and to the varied styles and techniques of Ricci's work.