{"id":4384,"date":"2012-04-05T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/rosso\/?page_id=4384"},"modified":"2012-08-20T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:34:14","slug":"e-150-anonymous-allegory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/catalogues\/engravings\/e-150-anonymous-allegory\/","title":{"rendered":"E.150 Allegory on the Birth of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E.150 Anonymous, Allegory on the Birth of Christ<\/p><\/div>\n

Etching, Anonymous, 26.3 x 22.4 L (Paris, Ed 8b R\u00e9s.).<\/p>\n

Fig.E.150<\/a> (Paris, Ba 12)<\/p>\n

Herbet, IV, 1900, 353 (1969, 203), under no. 18, as a copy after Fantuzzi, and Herbet, V, 1902, 22 (1969, 215), as a copy after Master I.\u2640.V.<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS: Paris, Ba 12; Ed 8b R\u00e9s., no. 128 bis (in reddish brown ink).<\/p>\n

LITERATURE:<\/p>\n

Kusenberg, 1931, 168, as a copy after Jean Vaquet (Master I.\u2640.V.).<\/p>\n

Zerner, 1969, under A.F.74, as an anonymous copy after Fantuzzi.<\/p>\n

Zerner, in EdF<\/em>, 1972, 271, 273, under no. 325, as a copy after Fantuzzi.<\/p>\n

Zerner, in Fontainebleau<\/em>, 1973, II, 85, under no. 325.<\/p>\n

Carroll, 1987, 310, 315, n. 2, under no. 100.<\/p>\n

Boorsch, 1988, 9, Fig. 5.<\/p>\n

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This etching has been thought to be a copy of the print by Fantuzzi (Fig.E.81<\/a>) or of the one in reverse by Master I.\u2640.V (Fig.E.100<\/a>).\u00a0 But this anonymous print seems instead to go back to Rosso\u2019s drawing (Fig.D.72<\/a>) or to a copy of it, showing originally the vase-bearer without any garment and St. John wearing a wreath in his hair.\u00a0 Rosso\u2019s drawing seems also to have been known to the other printmakers.\u00a0 The anonymous etcher made a few changes: four figures in the background were removed and the setting was changed from an interior to an exterior with a ruin, plants, vines, and a tree; the staff held by the old man in the center is smooth and has a cross piece at the top making the staff resemble a crutch; the cross in the foreground has been eliminated; and the young seated woman in the foreground has her breasts covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etching, Anonymous, 26.3 x 22.4 L (Paris, Ed 8b R\u00e9s.). Fig.E.150 (Paris, Ba 12) Herbet, IV, 1900, 353 (1969, 203), under no. 18, as a copy after Fantuzzi, and Herbet, V, 1902, 22 (1969, 215), as a copy after Master I.\u2640.V. COLLECTIONS: Paris, Ba 12; Ed 8b R\u00e9s., no. 128 bis (in reddish brown ink). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4384","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=4384"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6663,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4384\/revisions\/6663"}],"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=4384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}