Francesco Colonna
Maker
Francesco Colonna (Italian, ca. 1433-1527), author
Attributed to Benedetto Bordon (Italian, ca. 1450-1530), woodcutter
Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515), publisher
Title
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo’s Dream about the Strife of Love)
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
woodcutSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Venice; Place Made: Italy
Dimensions
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Height: 38.1 x 57.2 x 3.5 cm (15 x 22 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscribed in pen and brown ink, on titlepage, in a late sixteenth-century hand: "Emptus extitit prime [proxime?] Joannem Tartaleam Badiensem, qui me thesaurum non quaternis libris, sed infinito auro comparandum duxi; nullibi .n. reperiendum reperi, et repertum amitti videbar; eaque [?] nulli alteri inquam nisi fortasse philosophiae apprime candidato commodandum: quicumque legerit laudet, et restituat perlectum si valere volet"; and on the following page: "Poliam Frater Franciscus Columna Peramavit / Iunge numeros inventis paginis, et habebis nomen tanti Doctoris / Joannes Tartalea combinavit"
Marks: Watermark on laid paper in the binding; resembles Bricquet III, #9999; unicorn. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
51.509 Type
Publications
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Attributed to Benedetto Bordon (Italian, ca. 1450-1530), woodcutter
Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515), publisher
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