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VINCENZO DE' ROSSI. Design for an Altar Surmounted by a Crucifix in Four Different Views

Design for an Altar Surmounted by a Crucifix in Four Different Views. Artist: Vincenzo de' Rossi (Italian, Fiesole 1525-1587 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 22 9/16 x 16 3/4 in. (57.3 x 42.6 cm). Former Attribution: Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century. Date: 1546-47. While principally known as a sculptor today, early written sources suggest that Vincenzo de' Rossi (1525-1587), the successful pupil of Baccio Bandinelli (1488-1560), also had a career as an architect. This newly discovered drawing by the artist, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 as an anonymous Florentine design, more satisfactorily substantiates the references found in the sixteenth-century sources (Vasari 1568, and Borghini 1584) and sheds new light on Vincenzo's activities as a draftsman and architect. The sheet, which depicts a comprehensive design for an altar and is inscribed and signed by the artist at bottom right "Vincentio Rossi", can be considered the first genuine architectural drawing by his hand to surface. It is almost certainly connected to an early and prestigious commission for the altar of the Confraternita dei Virtuosi in the Pantheon, Rome, commissioned from the artist in 1546. (Femke Speelberg and Furio Rinaldi, 2014).
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Author:
VINCENZO DE' ROSSI (1525-1587)
Title:
Design for an Altar Surmounted by a Crucifix in Four Different Views
Caption:
Design for an Altar Surmounted by a Crucifix in Four Different Views. Artist: Vincenzo de' Rossi (Italian, Fiesole 1525-1587 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 22 9/16 x 16 3/4 in. (57.3 x 42.6 cm). Former Attribution: Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century. Date: 1546-47. While principally known as a sculptor today, early written sources suggest that Vincenzo de' Rossi (1525-1587), the successful pupil of Baccio Bandinelli (1488-1560), also had a career as an architect. This newly discovered drawing by the artist, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 as an anonymous Florentine design, more satisfactorily substantiates the references found in the sixteenth-century sources (Vasari 1568, and Borghini 1584) and sheds new light on Vincenzo's activities as a draftsman and architect. The sheet, which depicts a comprehensive design for an altar and is inscribed and signed by the artist at bottom right "Vincentio Rossi", can be considered the first genuine architectural drawing by his hand to surface. It is almost certainly connected to an early and prestigious commission for the altar of the Confraternita dei Virtuosi in the Pantheon, Rome, commissioned from the artist in 1546. (Femke Speelberg and Furio Rinaldi, 2014).
Technique/material:
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash over traces of black chalk, ruling and compass work
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3064 x 4109 px | 36.0 MB
Print size:
25.9 x 34.8 cm | 10.2 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
CHALK • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • DRAWINGS • EUROPE • INK • ITALY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PASTELS • PEN AND BROWN INK, BRUSH AND GRAY-BROWN WASH OVER TRACES OF BLACK CHALK, RULING AND COMPASS WORK • VINCENZO DE' ROSSI