Giulio Bonasone. Allegory of the rising sun. Engraving. XVI C.

Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italy, c. 1498 – after 1574).
Engraver: Giulio Bonasone.
Title: Le lever du soleil représenté d'une manière poétique (Bartsch). Allegory of the rising sun (The British Museum).
Signed and proofed in plate: Julio Bonasone Inventore IVB; si stampano da Gio. Iacomo Rossi in Roma alla Pace.
Dimensions: 9 1/2" x 13 1/2".
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627-1691).
Edition: retouched edition by Jacomo Rossi XVII C.
Date: XVI C.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on paper laid on canvas.
Watermark: Rev. Camera Apostolica.
Mat and Frame: Mounted on canvas.
Provenance:  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: Cut to the image. A publisher proof erased. Not restored paper tear in the middle of the sheet. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. T. XV, p.138.99. "Cette estampe est une des plus belles de l'oeuvre de Bonasone. 
Elle est gravée avec délicatesse qu'aucune autre, et inventée avec esprit: le grand 
goût de des sein de MichelAnge y est réuni au gra cieux de Raphaël... On a des 
épreuves retouchées et fort mauvaises qui portent cette adresse: Si stampano da Gio. Jacomo Rossi in Roma alla Pace."
"This print is one of Bonasone's finest. It is engraved with more delicacy than any other and invented with wit: the great taste of Michelangelo is united there with the grace of Raphael... We have a badly restored proofs bearing this address Si stampano da Gio. Jacomo Rossi in Roma alla Pace."
Museums and Libraries: Biblioteca Casanatense. Roma. RML0204499.
The British Museum.  H,5.145
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: Calcografia Camerae used watermark "Rev. Camera Apostolica" for printing Piranesi.