Artist: Giulio Romano (1499? – 1546), after.
Engraver: Diana Scultori (Ghisi). She is one of the first female engravers to obtain a professional license in Italy.
Title: A Procession of Roman Horsemen. (Marcia di cavalieri: Marche d'une compagnie de cavalerie romaine). Plate 3.
The Possessors of the Drawings: The Louvre INV 3555.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: originally was annotated in plate Horatius Pacificus Formis. SVM. PONT. PRIVILEGIO ROMAE M.D.LXXV. Letters were erased from the plate and are hardly visible now.
Dimensions: Sheet 6 3/4" x 14 1/2". Backing sheet 7 7/8 x 15 3/4.
Publisher: Carlo Losi (1757 fl-1805, after) In Roma presso Carlo Losi - Plate 2.
Edition: A Procession of Roman Horsemen.
Date: 1575.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper, mounted to the backing sheet along the top corners.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance:
- Henry Foster Sewall (1816 - 1896). Collector mark HFS in red ink in the l.r. corner stamped twice.
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur. Vol. XV. p. 452 No. 45.
Part of: A Procession of Roman Horsemen, the set of three engravings. Plate 3.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 53.600.999.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of a similar item from The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.