| Title: |
The Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver |
| Designer: |
Feti, Domenico (Rome, 1589 - Venice, 1624) |
| Engraver: |
Camerata, Giuseppe (Venice, 1718 - Dresden, 1803) |
| Date: |
1753 (Second Edition: c. 1795) |
| Medium: |
Original Engraving |
| Note: |
Giuseppe Camerata: An eighteenth century Italian
engraver and miniature painter, Giuseppe Camerata studied painting techniques
under Gregorio Lazzarini and engraving methods under Giovanni Cattini.
He first established his reputation as a portraitist and created engravings
of such contemporaries as the painter, Sebastiano Bombelli, and the Doge
of Venice, Marco Foscarini. |
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Giuseppe Camerata moved to Vienna in 1742. His work there established
him as a leading engraver and in 1751 he was one of the first artists
invited to Dresden to engrave the large plates for the Recueil d'estampes
d'apres les plus celebres tableaux ...; usually referred to as The
Dresden Gallery. In total, Giuseppe Camerata engraved almost twenty plates for
the 1753 and 1757 sets after master paintings by Domenico Feti, Annibale
Carracci, Pompeo Batoni and others. The Parable of the Lost Piece of
Silver was engraved by Giuseppe Camerata for the set issued in 1757. |
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After completing his work for The Dresden Gallery,
Guiseppe Camerata returned to Italy for a period of several years. By
1763, however, he had settled in Munich and shortly thereafter he was
appointed a professor at the Academy of Dresden. During these years he
engraved the portraits of such leading statesmen as the Emperor of Austria
and the Elector of Saxony. |
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Domenico Feti (Rome, 1589 - Venice, 1624): Domenico Feti was a student
of Lodovico Cardi, in Rome. As a young man he went to Mantua with Cardinal
Ferdinando Gonzaga (later the Duke of Mantua) and became his principal
painter. Domenico Feti later moved to Venice to study the masters of the Venetian
school. Most of his paintings represent scenes from mythology or the
Bible. |
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The Dresden Gallery: The Recueil d'estampes d'apres
les plus celebres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde (The Dresden
Gallery) represents a high point of mid to late eighteenth century
engraving. Beginning around 1750 Dresden printers began inviting artists
to engrave the masterworks at the Dresden Gallery. The size and scope
of the endeavor is reflected in the international representation of the
commissioned engravers. These included Jean Daulle (France, 1703-1763),
Anna Folkema (Holland, 1695-1768), Karl Ludwig Wust (Germany, flourished,
1750-1760), Giuseppe Camerata (Italy, 1718-1803) and Claude Donat Jardinier
(France, 1726-1774). Upon completion each of these large engravings was
printed with titles in both Italian and French and bore the engraved seal
of the Dresden Gallery along the lower margin. In 1753 the first fifty
engravings were published as Volume One in a large elephant folio format.
The second fifty engravings were completed in 1757 and issued as Volume
Two. With their brilliant techniques of tone and texture most of these
engravings were eagerly sought after in most major European centres. |
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Almost four decades after the completion of these sets a
further fifty engravings were produced by the Dresden Gallery. Engraved
mostly by German artists such as Christian Gottfried Schulze (1749-1819)
and Heinrich Friedrich Laurin (1756-1830), these later works mainly dealt
with the master works of landscape painting in the gallery. When this
set was published (c. 1795), the earlier two sets were also reprinted.
This original engraving hails from this edition. |
| Source: |
Recueil d'estampes d'apres les plus celebres tableaux de
la Galerie Royale de Dresde (The Dresden Gallery) |
| Size: |
16 1/4 X 11 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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View larger Framed Image |
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| Condition: |
Printed upon wove paper and with very large margins as published
for The Dresden Gallery on the above date. A finely printed impression
with no sign of plate wear and in excellent condition throughout. With
its remarkable contrasts of light and shade The Parable of the Lost
Piece of Silver represents a prime example of the art of Guiseppe
Camerata and of the eighteenth century engraving techniques of The
Dresden Gallery. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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