ENEA VICO (1523-1567) AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)

Vulcan and the Cyclopes forging Arrows for the Cupids

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ENEA VICO (1523-1567) AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (1504-1570)
Vulcan and the Cyclopes forging Arrows for the Cupids
engraving, circa 1543-45, on laid paper, watermark Anchor in single Circle with Star (similar to Briquet 525, Reggio Emilia 1553-56), a good impression, printing with inky plate edges and a light plate tone in places, with narrow margins on all sides, some minor staining at the lower and upper right corners, a small spot of brown ink at the lower-left corner, generally in good condition
Plate 308 x 415 mm., Sheet 315 x 418 mm.

Provenance

With Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stock number C.39155 in pencil verso).
Acquired from the above, on 24 April 1974.

Literature

Bartsch XV.297.31

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Lot Essay

As Catherine Jenkins has observed, Enea Vico's engraving is in fact not based on Primaticcio's original design, but on the etching by the Master of the Story of Cadmus (active around 1540 at Fontainebleau), the small variations from Primaticcio's composition it adopts. (See Jenkins MSC 6, ibid.)
We are grateful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.

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