{"id":3815,"date":"2012-04-04T16:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/rosso\/?page_id=3815"},"modified":"2012-08-17T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:18:09","slug":"e-16-boyvin-empedocles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/catalogues\/engravings\/e-16-boyvin-empedocles\/","title":{"rendered":"E.16 Empedocles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E.16 Boyvin, Empedocles<\/p><\/div>\n

Engraving by Ren\u00e9 Boyvin, 25.8 x 15.9 P (New York).\u00a0 Inscribed at bottom center: Peregrinus.Empedocles.<\/em>, and at the bottom right: Rous .<\/sup><\/strong> Floren .<\/sup><\/strong> lnuentor .<\/sup><\/strong> \/ .<\/sup><\/strong> B .<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fig.E.16<\/a> (New York)<\/p>\n

Robert-Dumesnil, VIII, 1850, 22, no. 12, as Boyvin after Rosso. \u00a0Le Blanc, 1854-1890, I, 507, 179.\u00a0 Levron, 1941, 65, no. 5.<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS: Florence, 7930ss.\u00a0 Florence, Marucelliana, Vol. LXX, no. 105.\u00a0 New York, 49.95.189.\u00a0 Paris, Ba 12; Ed 3; N 2 (505); SNR.\u00a0 Vienna, F.I.3, p.4, no. 9.<\/p>\n

LITERATURE:<\/p>\n

Destailleur, 1895, 277, no. 1146.<\/p>\n

Kusenberg, 1931, 157, 160, as Boyvin after Rosso.<\/p>\n

Linzeler, 1932, 168.\u00a0 De Witt, 1938, 136 (with incorrect Uffizi number).<\/p>\n

B\u00e9guin, 1976, 77, 79-80, Fig. 68 (Paris).<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1978, 45, 49, n. 49.<\/p>\n

Borea, 1980, 262, no. 674.<\/p>\n

Forlani Tempesti, in Primato del disegno<\/em>, 1980, 195, under no. 461.<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1987, 9, 37, 42, 44, 346, 348, under no. 109, 350-351, no. 110, with Fig. (New York).<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1989, 21-24, Fig. 39 (New York).<\/p>\n

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The engraving is based on Rosso\u2019s drawing of Empedocles-St. Roch<\/em> (Fig.D.80a<\/a>) that is the same size but in reverse of the print and that has outlines gone over with a stylus, possibly made to transfer the figure to the engraver\u2019s plate.\u00a0 The engraved figure shows a pilgrim\u2019s staff incongruously placed to his side and has a band around his chest and shoulder to support his hat, features not in the drawing, but he does not have the pest mark of the drawn figure.\u00a0 The moon with its rays in the drawing has been replaced with fire in the print, and clouds and rays of light have been added above.\u00a0 Not in the print is the small diagram at the lower left of the drawing.<\/p>\n

Rosso\u2019s authorship of the figure of Empedocles is guaranteed by the style of the drawing on which the engraving is based and by the inscription on the print. \u00a0The changes that appear in the print would seem to have been made to present a more explicit iconography.\u00a0 Whoever invented these changes, it was someone knowledgeable in the thought of the presocratic philosopher.\u00a0 But the simplification of the iconography in the print suggests that the changes were not made or incorporated into the image by Rosso.\u00a0 It is likely that they were made after his death and specifically for the engraved reproduction of his image.<\/p>\n

Rosso\u2019s drawing seems to have been made in 1539 or 1540.\u00a0 The engraving was probably made in the 1550s when Boyvin\u2019s prints after Rosso\u2019s designs seem to have been executed, but before 1563 when it was copied as St. Roch, possibly by Gaspare Osello (see below).<\/p>\n

COPY, PRINT: E.106.\u00a0 Attributed to Gaspare Osello, St. Roch.\u00a0 Engraving, 25.2 x 15.6 S (Paris).\u00a0 In reverse of Boyvin\u2019s print.\u00a0 Inscribed at the bottom center: .<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> Rous .<\/sup><\/strong> Floren .<\/sup><\/strong> Inuentor .<\/sup><\/strong> \/ .<\/sup><\/strong> GA .<\/sup> F .<\/sup><\/strong> 1563 .<\/sup><\/strong> <\/em>, and at the lower right: .<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> NN exc .<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Fig.E.106<\/a> (Paris)<\/p>\n

Robert-Dumesnil, VIII, 1850, 22, under no. 12, suggesting that GA .<\/sup><\/strong> F <\/em>refers to Osello as the engraver and NN<\/em> to Nicolo Nelli as the editor (see also Nagler, Monogr<\/em>., I, 1858, 944-945, under no. 2243).\u00a0 Le Blanc, 1854-1890, III, 122, 9, as Osello after Rosso.<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS: Paris, Ba 12.<\/p>\n

LITERATURE:<\/p>\n

Kusenberg, 1931, 157, 160, 166, as Osello.<\/p>\n

Levron, 1941, 65, under no. 5, as Osello.<\/p>\n

B\u00e9guin, 1976, 79-80, Fig. 69 (Paris), as Osello.<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1978, 49, n. 49.\u00a0 Borea, 1980, 262, under no. 674, as Osello.<\/p>\n

Forlani Tempesti, in Primato del disegno<\/em>, 1980, 195, under no. 461, as Osello.<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1987, 350, n. 1, under no. 110.<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1989, 23, Fig. 41 (Paris).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The print differs from Boyvin\u2019s by showing the figure of St. Roch with three pilgrim badges on his cape and a pest mark on his left thigh; a seated dog, copied from and in reverse of the one at the lower right of D\u00fcrer\u2019s St. Eustace<\/em> (Bartsch, VII, 1808, 73, 57) is placed next to the staff at the left.<\/p>\n

There is a painting of St. Roch<\/em> (canvas, 120 x 75 cm.) derived from Osello\u2019s print in San Niccol\u00f2, Arezzo, without the fire, and with the staff shifted from behind the dog into the saint\u2019s left hand (Moriondo, 1950, 31, no. 71, as by Teofilo Torri, from Arezzo, d.1623; Salmi, 1951, 189, Pl. LV, Fig. 228, as by A. Forzori).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Engraving by Ren\u00e9 Boyvin, 25.8 x 15.9 P (New York).\u00a0 Inscribed at bottom center: Peregrinus.Empedocles., and at the bottom right: Rous . Floren . lnuentor . \/ . B . Fig.E.16 (New York) Robert-Dumesnil, VIII, 1850, 22, no. 12, as Boyvin after Rosso. \u00a0Le Blanc, 1854-1890, I, 507, 179.\u00a0 Levron, 1941, 65, no. 5. COLLECTIONS: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3815"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6547,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3815\/revisions\/6547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}