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Raccolta di varie stampe a chiaroscuro, tratte dai disegni originali di Francesco Mazzuola, detto il Parmigianino, e de altri insigni autori


Diversarum iconum, quas ex autographis schedis Francisci Mazzuolae Parmensis
Woodcuts by: Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680–1767)
Etched by: Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680–1767)
Engraved by: Gianantonio Faldoni (Italian, 1690–1770)
Engraved by: Carlo Orsolini (Italian, 1710–1780)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
After: Lelio Orsi (Italian, 1511–1589)
After: Jacopo Bertoia (Italian, 1544–1573?)
After: Rosalba Giovanna Carriera (Italian (Venetian), 1675–1757)
Etched by: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian (Venetian), 1696–1770)
1749
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy

Medium/Technique Set of bound prints with [v. 1] chiaroscuro woodcut title, 39 chiaroscuro woodcuts, 8 engravings, and 2 etchings, [v. 2] engraved title, 30 chiaroscuro woodcuts, 9 engravings, and 10 etchings
Dimensions Overall (vol. 1): 48.5 x 34.5 x 2.5 cm (19 1/8 x 13 9/16 x 1 in.)
Overall (vol. 2): 47.9 x 34.7 x 2 cm (18 7/8 x 13 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.767
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Anton Maria Zanetti, 1749

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 1523; [Zanetti woodcuts] Bartsch 1-59, 61-71; [Tiepolo etchings] De Vesme 3-12, Ricci 29-38
Description(Venice: Anton Maria Zanetti, 1749) Folio, two parts in two volumes; [v. 1] 50 leaves, [v. 2] 50 leaves; contemporary brown calf, gilt-stamped with Zanetti arms (rebacked), tan cloth slipcases.

Reproductive chiaroscuro woodcuts and engravings after drawings by Parmigianino and others; etchings by Tiepolo
ProvenanceOld ownership inscriptions on verso of front flyleaves "TB 374"; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to the MFA, June 19, 1963.