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AMMANATI -- CAPELLARI, Michele. Herculis colossus Matuae Benavidiae Patavii caelatore Bartholomaeo Ammanati. Padua: Pasquati, 1657.
4° (202 x 135mm), 4 leaves. Woodcut title device, half-page engraving by F. Bertelli of the colossus on title verso, woodcut tailpiece. (Rehinged, old fold in last leaf with small repaired hole.) Modern red morocco-backed boards.
A short poem in praise of the colossal statue of Hercules carved by Bartolomeo Ammanati for the courtyard of the Palazzo Mantova Benavides in Padua. This is an early work of the accomplished poet Capellari, written during the period of his studies in Padua. He praises Ammanati's work as so awe-inspiring that we should assume that Hercules did it himself, or at least posed personally. Capellari's Latin verses brought him to the attention of the Venetian patrician Pietro Basadonna, whom he then accompanied to Rome and the court of Alessandro VII; he wrote two other poems in praise of statues. The engraving by F. Bertelli shows Ammanati's 1544 statue of the naked hero standing on a trophied socle. Not in Gamba, Cicognara, etc.
4° (202 x 135mm), 4 leaves. Woodcut title device, half-page engraving by F. Bertelli of the colossus on title verso, woodcut tailpiece. (Rehinged, old fold in last leaf with small repaired hole.) Modern red morocco-backed boards.
A short poem in praise of the colossal statue of Hercules carved by Bartolomeo Ammanati for the courtyard of the Palazzo Mantova Benavides in Padua. This is an early work of the accomplished poet Capellari, written during the period of his studies in Padua. He praises Ammanati's work as so awe-inspiring that we should assume that Hercules did it himself, or at least posed personally. Capellari's Latin verses brought him to the attention of the Venetian patrician Pietro Basadonna, whom he then accompanied to Rome and the court of Alessandro VII; he wrote two other poems in praise of statues. The engraving by F. Bertelli shows Ammanati's 1544 statue of the naked hero standing on a trophied socle. Not in Gamba, Cicognara, etc.