Many of the engravings and etchings catalogued below have been attributed to a variety of printmakers.\u00a0 But these attributions are so various and hence as a whole for each work so uncertain that until more is known the better designation for them is simply: Anonymous.\u00a0 Former attributions are given and in certain instances discussed.\u00a0 Some others have been placed with a query under a printmaker\u2019s name, such as Boyvin, if that seemed a more appropriate place to hold it until their suggested author is further proven or another suggested and more cogently defended.<\/p>\n
A most significant issue of attribution is that of the Mars and Venus<\/em> engraving (E.130<\/a>), made after Rosso\u2019s drawing in the Louvre (D.42<\/a>).\u00a0 For almost two centuries this print was attributed to Caraglio, until I pointed out that it might be by Boyvin.\u00a0 But subsequently I revived Mariette\u2019s attribution of it to Jacob Bink (although Mariette thought he was dealing with a copy by that engraver), with the consequence of recognizing that the engraving might have been done as early as 1530.\u00a0 That year Bink made precise copies (E.6, 1 – 20<\/a>) of Caraglio\u2019s twenty Gods in Niches<\/em>, after Rosso (see under E.26-45<\/a>).\u00a0 Bink may also be the engraver of a set of copies (E.113, 1 – 6<\/a>) of Caraglio\u2019s six Labors of Hercules<\/em> (see under E.19-24<\/a>).\u00a0 In the case of the Mars and Venus<\/em>, however, Bink would not have been copying a print but instead translating a complex drawing by Rosso into the medium of engraving.\u00a0 Would his practice as a copyist of Caraglio\u2019s prints have given him the expertise to make such a fine translation with very few misunderstandings?<\/p>\n Three of the anonymous etchings deserve special notice because of their remarkable beauty: the Draped Youth Leaning on a Block <\/em>(Fig.E.147<\/a>), the Christ in a Niche I <\/em>(Fig.E.156<\/a>), and the Figure Costumed as Hercules<\/em> (Fig.E.160<\/a>).\u00a0 All three seem to be by the same printmaker, and all three seem to copy very faithfully the drawings by Rosso on which they must be based.\u00a0 Two of these prints have been attributed to Boyvin, but inasmuch as he is not known to have been an etcher, these attributions must remain questioned.\u00a0 However, the technique of these etchings is imitative of engraving and of a style of engraving very similar to Boyvin\u2019s and to Pierre Milan\u2019s.\u00a0 Furthermore, the lettering of the inscriptions on two of these etchings – the third has no inscription – is identical to that on the engravings of Milan and Boyvin.\u00a0 Therefore, it is possible that these etchings are by one of these engravers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many of the engravings and etchings catalogued below have been attributed to a variety of printmakers.\u00a0 But these attributions are so various and hence as a whole for each work so uncertain that until more is known the better designation for them is simply: Anonymous.\u00a0 Former attributions are given and in certain instances discussed.\u00a0 Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":824,"menu_order":128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5216","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=5216"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9530,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5216\/revisions\/9530"}],"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=5216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}