{"id":4155,"date":"2012-04-05T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/rosso\/?page_id=4155"},"modified":"2012-08-20T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:42:21","slug":"e-79-fantuzzi-pandora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/catalogues\/engravings\/e-79-fantuzzi-pandora\/","title":{"rendered":"E.79 Pandora and Her Box"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E.79 Fantuzzi, Pandora and Her Box<\/p><\/div>\n

Etching by Antonio Fantuzzi, 22.5 x 28.4 S (Oxford).\u00a0 Inscribed at the lower right with a monogram composed of joined letters: .<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>ATF <\/em>.<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fig.E.79a<\/a> (Oxford)
\nFig.E.79b<\/a> (London)
\nFig.E.79c<\/a> (London, monogram)<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS: London, 1874-8-8-465.\u00a0 Oxford (red ink, slightly torn in places).<\/p>\n

LITERATURE:<\/p>\n

Panofsky, 1958, 177, n. 118.<\/p>\n

Zerner, 1969, A.F.22 (London).<\/p>\n

B\u00e9guin, RdA<\/em>, 1969, 105, and Fig. 11 (London).<\/p>\n

Borea, 1980, 262, no. 668, 263, Fig. (London).<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1987, 301, n. 2, under no. 95.<\/p>\n

Brugerolles and Guillet, 1994, 37, under no. 14, the rays in Rosso\u2019s drawing replaced by seven snakes.<\/p>\n

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This etching is based on Rosso\u2019s drawing, in reverse, in Ensba in Paris (Fig.D.67a<\/a>).\u00a0 In the print, the rays of energy have been eliminated and seven snakes have been added radiating from the area just above the box, a depiction that B\u00e9guin relates to a French tradition that here introduces into the scene a double representation of the vices.\u00a0 There are, however, eight figures in addition to Pandora, the eighth apparently personifying Tribulation.\u00a0 B\u00e9guin also indicates that the bird is a dove of peace rather than a crow as it was identified by the Panofskys.<\/p>\n

As discussed in the catalogue entry of Rosso\u2019s drawing (D.67<\/a>), the old nude woman in the lower left corner of the print is clearly shown biting a snake, while in the drawing this figure, according to the Panofskys, is eating her own entrails and hence can be identified as Envy.\u00a0 But the object in question in the somewhat raggedly executed drawing could also be a snake.\u00a0 Furthermore, the Panofskys (1965, 36) identified the hunched over figure at the right of the drawing as Avarice clutching her \u201cpurse,\u201d while in the print this figure is bearded and the money bags are transformed into a bundle, the real nature of which is not clear; the print also shows another arm here with the head of the figure resting in the palm of the hand.\u00a0 Furthermore, Fantuzzi has slightly changed Pandora\u2019s headdress, shown her pointing toward a snake with her index finger, and provided the ground with grass, a few larger plants, and a rock.\u00a0 The horizon is seen at the right.<\/p>\n

In spite of the differences that appear in the etching, it is still likely that Fantuzzi worked from Rosso\u2019s drawing in Paris.\u00a0 The changes that have taken place can be accounted for first of all by the illegibleness of certain details of the rather loosely rendered drawing, and second, it would seem, by Fantuzzi\u2019s wish to give clearer meaning to the image according to his knowledge of the subject and his reading of Rosso\u2019s drawing.\u00a0 The addition of the seven snakes made certain that the vices were understood as coming out of the box.\u00a0 Avarice was turned into a lazy man, and Envy\u2019s entrail became without question a snake.\u00a0 A real setting was supplied.\u00a0 The bird does seem to be a dove in the print, although this does not mean that it was intended as one in the drawing.<\/p>\n

COPY?, DRAWING: An eighteenth century inventory of drawings in the Gonzaga Collection in the Villa di S. Michele near Novellara (Campori, 1870, 973) lists: Rosso fiorentino. Pandora, che porge il vaso dei mali all\u2019aguila, con serpenti: disegno acguerellato, zecchini 2<\/em>.\u00a0 The description recalls Fantuzzi\u2019s etching.\u00a0 If the drawing is by Rosso and identical in its composition to the etching, then it would indicate that the changes seen there are due to Rosso.\u00a0 But the drawing could be a modified copy of Rosso\u2019s drawing in Paris to serve as the model for Fantuzzi\u2019s etching.\u00a0 The technique of the drawing suggests these possibilities.\u00a0 Then, again, it could be a copy of the print.\u00a0 However, it is also possible that the drawing is of an entirely different composition by Rosso, or by someone else entirely.\u00a0 But the title given that mentions the box being offered to an eagle would seem to indicate a relationship to Rosso\u2019s known drawing and Fantuzzi\u2019s etching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etching by Antonio Fantuzzi, 22.5 x 28.4 S (Oxford).\u00a0 Inscribed at the lower right with a monogram composed of joined letters: .ATF .. Fig.E.79a (Oxford) Fig.E.79b (London) Fig.E.79c (London, monogram) COLLECTIONS: London, 1874-8-8-465.\u00a0 Oxford (red ink, slightly torn in places). LITERATURE: Panofsky, 1958, 177, n. 118. Zerner, 1969, A.F.22 (London). B\u00e9guin, RdA, 1969, 105, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":84,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4155","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=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6607,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4155\/revisions\/6607"}],"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=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}