{"id":976,"date":"2011-06-09T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/rosso2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-06T13:06:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T17:06:17","slug":"vi-north-the-royal-elephant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/catalogues\/paintings\/p-22\/vi-north-the-royal-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"P.22 VI North: Royal Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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P.22 VI North: The Royal Elephant<\/p><\/div>\n

The central fresco: c. 1.87 x c. 2.78 m.<\/p>\n

Fig.P.22, VI N a<\/a> whole wall
\nFig.P.22, VI N b<\/a> bw, whole wall
\nFig.P.22, VI N c<\/a> bw, Primaticcio & Rosso
\nFig.P.22, VI N d<\/a> Primaticcio & Rosso<\/p>\n

PREPARATORY DRAWING: D.54A-F<\/a> (COPIES). \u00a0Berlin, Staatliche Kunstbibliothek, no. 3398 (Fig.D.54A<\/a>); London (formerly), De Beer\u2019s Fine Arts Ltd. (now Lord Methuen Collection?); New York, Wildenstein Collection (Fig.D.54C<\/a>); Paris, Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale, B., 5 r\u00e9serve, Drawings of the School of Fontainebleau, Vol. I, no. 31 (Fig.D.54D<\/a>); Paris, Ensba, Masson 1197 (Fig.D.54E<\/a>); Paris, Louvre, Inv. no. 1598 (Fig.D.54Fa<\/a>), The Royal Elephant<\/em>. \u00a0All of these drawings in pen and ink and wash copy a single lost drawing by Rosso although some may be copies of a copy. \u00a0The version in the Wildenstein Collection seems best to preserve the appearance of Rosso\u2019s penmanship, and perhaps also of the washes of the lost original. \u00a0The major difference between the drawing and the fresco is the appearance of the elephant. \u00a0In the fresco its head is smaller, its ear shorter and more trim and its trunk curves towards its body and not away from it. \u00a0The strap across the animal\u2019s chest is changed in the painting and the bell has been removed. \u00a0Its left foot is set farther back and hence the posture of the crane was changed. \u00a0On the elephant\u2019s cover the pattern of the fleur-de-lis has been altered and at the far right the heads of Cerberus were made slightly different. \u00a0At the upper left the woman nude in the drawings is clothed in the painting. \u00a0The copies also show that the nude figure at the upper right is Hercules with a lion skin over his head, his right hand on a club, and his left holding an orb; he is seated on a throne which has at its side a wing\u00e8d creature with lion\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n

PRINTS. E.65. \u00a0Fantuzzi, The Royal Elephant<\/em> (E.65<\/a>). \u00a0This etching, in the same direction as the fresco, appears in most respects to be dependent on Rosso\u2019s lost drawing of which several copies are known (see above). \u00a0All of the changes that do appear are found on the right side of the composition and some of them are related to the fact that Fantuzzi\u2019s etching is narrower in the area to the right of the elephant. \u00a0Hence, one large column is removed as well as the two figures next to it. \u00a0Beneath the figure of Hercules the architecture has been somewhat elaborated. \u00a0One of Cerberus\u2019s heads has been changed more or less to repeat the one behind it. \u00a0The lion\u2019s head has been removed from the elephant\u2019s covering and the parts of this covering have been fastened together differently with rosettes. \u00a0Behind the elephant several buildings have been placed. \u00a0The elephant\u2019s bell is slightly changed, and the animal has been given hairy front legs. \u00a0The only significant missing detail is Hercules\u2019s club. \u00a0It is very possible that Fantuzzi could not read this detail in the drawing although he does show the god\u2019s hand cupped as though it were resting on his club. \u00a0All of the differences in the etching are easliy attributable to the etcher.<\/p>\n

E.9. \u00a0Boyvin, The Rape of Europa<\/em> (E.9<\/a>). \u00a0This engraving is related to the fresco at the left of this wall, and is in the same direction. \u00a0However, the print shows the figure of Europa without the drapery that falls over her hip in the painting, and she has ribbons in her hair. \u00a0Her right leg is somewhat lower in the engraving. \u00a0The whole composition of the print is slightly broader than what appears in the gallery. \u00a0The print is probably based on a lost drawing by Rosso the composition of which was slightly adjusted to the narrower wall area on which it was painted.<\/p>\n

E.10. \u00a0Boyvin, Saturn and Philyra<\/em> (E.10<\/a>). \u00a0This engraving is related to the fresco at the right of this wall, and is in the same direction. \u00a0The scythe is missing from the fresco. \u00a0The print is probably based on a lost drawing by Rosso, the composition of which was slightly adjusted to the narrower wall area on which it was painted.<\/p>\n

E.146. \u00a0Anonymous, Saturn and Philyra<\/em> (E.146<\/a>). \u00a0This bold etching is related to the fresco at the right of this wall, and is reversed. \u00a0It more closely resembles the fresco than does Boyvin\u2019s engraving. \u00a0It is possible that the etching is based on another lost drawing by Rosso made later than the one that served Boyvin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The central fresco: c. 1.87 x c. 2.78 m. Fig.P.22, VI N a whole wall Fig.P.22, VI N b bw, whole wall Fig.P.22, VI N c bw, Primaticcio & Rosso Fig.P.22, VI N d Primaticcio & Rosso PREPARATORY DRAWING: D.54A-F (COPIES). \u00a0Berlin, Staatliche Kunstbibliothek, no. 3398 (Fig.D.54A); London (formerly), De Beer\u2019s Fine Arts Ltd. (now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":908,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-976","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/976","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=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9635,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/976\/revisions\/9635"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/rosso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}