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Francesco Villamena, engraver

Presentation of Christ at the Temple, 1597

Description

Maker

  • Francesco Villamena, 1566-1624, Italian, engraver
  • After Paolo Veronese, designer

Title

Presentation of Christ at the Temple

Year

1597

Medium

Engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 36 x 44.2 cm (14 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered below image: "Quod opus de Christo Iesu in templo oblato Paulus Veronensis [...] Anno Sesquimillesimo Nonagesimo Septimo"

Watermark: Letter M under star within sheild (Woodward 324)

Identification

State

iv/v

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

66.102

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

After the Carracci brothers (Annibale, Agostino, and Lucovico) relocated to Rome from Bologna in 1597, Francesco Villamena trained with them and worked for them on several projects. His oversize, sculptural forms, created with thick, controlled burin strokes, recall Agostino Carracci, but his engravings also exhibit an open and simplified organization of marks. Notice the lines placed at extreme angles in the central, shining textile, and the fact that there is virtually no dotting.

The presentation of Christ at the Temple is described in the Gospel as Mary and Joseph’s visit to the Temple of Jerusalem forty days after the birth, performed in obedience with the Law of Moses. Veronese’s painting was in situ in the church of San Sebastiano in Venice in 1560. The print was dedicated to Marcello Vestrio Barbiano, secretary to Clement VIII (1592–1605).

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