Artist: Penni Luca Detto Romanus (c.1500/1504–1556). Luca Penni was an Italian painter of the 16th century best known for his work in France as part of the First School of Fontainebleau.
Engraver: Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582) was an Italian engraver from Mantua who also worked in Antwerp and in France.
Title: Allegoria della caccia (Allegory of the Hunt).
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Lettered in tablet at lower left 'Luca / Pennis / R / Inven / Georgius / Ghisis Mnt R / MDLVI,' and two lines along the bottom 'In sylvis habitans ... Humeriso fera.'
Dimensions: Platemark 14 1/4" x 10". Sheet 15 1/4" x 11". Mat 21" X 16".
Publisher: Jo Jacobus de Rubeis another name Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Italy, 1627-1691).
Date: 1556.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: Shield with the words Rev. Camera Apostolica.
Mat and Frame: floated within the mat.
Provenance:
-Swann Sale 2005 Old Master Through Contemporary Prints, May 06, 2004- Lot 138.
-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: Restored. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XV.404.43)
Museums and Libraries: Catalogo general dei Beni Culturali 0900383009. In the British Museum V,8.121. There is the second state with lettering but before the publisher's address V,8.121. We have the Fourth state (of 4), with the address of Rubeis.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. Italian School XVII C.
This entry incorporates text from the catalog entries of the same item from The British Museum and Catalogo general dei Beni Culturali collections.