Thomas Vivares and Ludovico Carracci - The Madonna and Child The Italian School of Design

The Madonna and Child (The Italian School of Design)

Thomas Vivares's original soft ground etching, "The Madonna and Child" was created in 1818 based upon a drawing by the Italian Master, Lodovico Carracci. It hails from William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823, and bearing the text; "The Madonna & Child - Ludovico Carracci - Published May 1,1818 by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington - Thomas Vivaris Sculpt." in the lower margin. The completed portfolio contained eighty-four original stippling, soft-ground and aquatint engravings. "The Madonna and Child" is a fine, original example of the art created by the British 18th and early 19th century etcher and engraver, Thomas Vivares.

Original Soft Ground Etching by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci.

The Madonna and Child Original Etching by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci Published by William Young Ottley for The Italian School of Design

The Madonna and Child (The Italian School of Design)

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Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821)
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Engraver	Designer	Notes
01-		A Man's Head in Profile by Thomas Vivares designed by Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares	Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni	Source: The Italian School of Design compiled by William Young Ottley. Published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London and printed by J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London 1823. Inscribed, "Michelangelo Buonarroti - Published May 1,1818 by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington - Thomas Vivaris Sct".	Sold
02.-		The Madonna and Child by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares	Ludovico Carracci	Source: The Italian School of Design compiled by William Young Ottley. Published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London and printed by J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London 1823. Inscribed, "The Madonna & Child - Ludovico Carracci - Published May 1,1818 by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington - Thomas Vivaris Sculpt.".

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''The Italian School of Design' Compiled by William Young Ottley
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Engraver	Designer	-
01.-		A Man's Head in Profile by Thomas Vivares designed by Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821)	Michelangelo 'Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni' (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564)	Sold
02.-		A Youth at His Devotions by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
03.-		Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis' (London, 1779 - 1856)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
04.-		Study for the Figure of Diogenes in the School of Athens by William Long & William Young Ottley designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1821 (1823 Edition)	William Young Ottley (Thatcham, 1771 - London, 1836) & William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
05.-		Group in the Fresco by Raffaello Representing the Story of Heliodorus in the Vatican by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Etching & Engraving	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)
06.-		The Death of Adonis by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)
07.-		The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Gregorio Pagani.	Original Etching & Aquatint	1812 (1823 Edition)	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Gregorio Pagani (Florence, 1558 - 1605)	Sold
08.-		The Holy Family by George Robert Lewis (G. R. Lewis) based upon a design by Fra. Bartolommeo also known as 'Baccio della Porta and Bartolomeo'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	George Robert Lewis (London, 1782 - 1871)	Fra. Bartolommeo 'Baccio della Porta, Bartolomeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo' (Savignano, c. 1472 - Florence, 1517)
09.-		The Madonna and Child by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821)	Ludovico Carracci (Bologna, 1555 - 1619)

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Title:	The Madonna and Child
Engraver:	Vivares, Thomas (London, 1735 - 1821)
Designer:	Carracci, Ludovico (Bologna, 1555 - 1619)
Date:	1818 (1823 Edition)
Medium:	Original Soft Ground Etching
Publisher:	Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London
Printer:	J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London
Source:	The Italian School of Design (Compiled by William Young Ottley)
Note:	Thomas Vivares: An eighteenth and early nineteenth etcher and engraver, Thomas Vivares was the son of the artist, Francois Vivares (Saint-Jean-du-Bruel,France, 1709 – London, 1780). He was instructed in etching and aquatint techniques by his father, who, it is reported, had thirty-one children. Thomas Vivares, therefore, never lacked the company of brothers and sisters.
	Thomas Vivares began exhibiting his art around 1755 and gained a prize from the Society of Arts in 1761. He was a constant exhibitor there and at the Royal Academy and the Free Society from 1764 to 1788. Thomas Vivares then dedicated himself to teaching art techniques, particularly drawing.
	The Carracci's: The Bolognese brothers, Annibale Carracci (Bologne, 1560 - Rome, 1609) and Agostino Carracci (Bologna, 1557 - Parme, 1602) and their cousin Ludovico Carracci (Bologna, 1555 - 1619), were prominent figures that stood in opposition to the prevailing Mannerism of late 16th century Italian painting.
	In the early 1580's, the Carracci brothers and Ludovico Carracci founded the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. They laid special emphasis upon drawing from life and clear draughtsmanship which became associated with the artists of the Bolognese School.
	Unlike Annibale and Agostino, Ludovico left Bologna only for brief periods of time. When his cousins moved to Rome, Ludovico Carracci directed the Academy by himself. Ludovico Carracci's art is known for both its highly personal elements and, at times, an almost expressionist force.
	William Young Ottley: Born in Thatcham, England, 1771, William Ottley will forever be remembered both as an artist and as an art scholar. Having studied art under Cuitt and then in the Schools of the Royal Academy, London, William Ottley went to Italy in 1791 where he resided for ten years, researching and collecting works of Renaissance art. During his life Ottley became the greatest authority on the art of the Italian Renaissance and, upon returning to London, published a number of portfolios and books upon this subject. Apart from the biographical and scholarly information William Ottley unearthed, the most valuable product of his researches was the meticulously detailed and artistic etchings and engravings he published. Either in their large folio size or in the smaller miniatures, these outstanding masterpieces of original printmaking have been admired for almost two centuries. Later in his life (1833), William Young Ottley was appointed to the prestigious post of Keeper of the Prints for the British Museum.
	The literary contributions of William Young Ottley included such works as, "The Italian School Of Design" (1808-1823), "An Inquiry Into The Origin And Early History of Engraving, Upon copper and in Wood, With An Account of Engravers And Their Works, From The Invention of Chalcography By Maso Finiguerra, To The Time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi", 2 volumes, (1816), "Engravings Of The Most Noble The Marquis Of Stafford's Collection Of Pictures, In London, Arranged According To Schools, And In Chronological Order, With Remarks On Each Picture,", 3 vols. (1818), "A Series of Plates, Engraved After The Paintings And Sculptures Of The Most Eminent Masters Of The Early Florentine School"; (1826), "A Descriptive Catalogue of The Pictures In The National Gallery" (1826), "The Original and Early History of Engraving", 2 volumes (1826), and "A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, By the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools" (1828). Then in (1831), Ottley authored, "Notices of Engravers, and Their Works: Being The Commencement of a New Dictionary, Which it is Not Intended Continue, Containing Some Account of Upwards of Three Hundred Masters...", and "An Enquiry Concerning the Invention of Printing" was published posthumously (1863). The Madonna and Childs by Thomas Vivares etched after a drawing by Ludovico Carracci hails from William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823.
	Of all William Young Ottley's works of art, The Italian School of Design stands as his paramount achievement. Concentrating upon the drawings in his own collection by such masters of the High Renaissance as Raphaele, Correggio, the Carraccis, Salvator Rosa and other early Italian artists, William Ottley began work on his major opus as early as 1808, publishing etchings and engravings in monthly parts and concluding the work in 1823. Altogether the completed portfolio contained eighty-four plates, engraved by such eminent artists as Luigi Schiavonetti (1765 - 1810), Thomas Vivares (1735 - 1821), William Long (act. early 19th c.), Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839), J. Perry, John Romney (1786 - 1863), Ignace Joseph de Claussen (1769 95 - 1844), William Young Ottley (1771 - 1836), Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856), and his younger brother, George Lewis (1782 - 1871), and others. The utmost care was taken with each engraved work, with the artists often venturing into the most complex mediums, such as stippling, soft-ground and aquatint. William Young Ottley himself supervised the progress of each etching. These original etchings revolutionized British trends in art and had a profound impact upon the art of the Pre-Raphaelites in the later nineteenth century. An original soft ground etching, The Madonna and Child was etched in 1818 by Thomas Vivares for William Young Ottley's The Italian School of Design. The Royal Academy of Arts Museum, London includes an impression of The Madonna and Child from the 1823 “The Italian School of Design” edition in its collection (Object number:17/4076).
Size:	13 1/8 X 15 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon 'Whatman' watermarked paper and with wide, full margins as created by Thomas Vivares in 1818 for William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. Inscribed, "The Madonna & Child - Ludovico Carracci - Published May 1,1818 by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington - Thomas Vivaris Sculpt.". In very good condition and bearing all the fine lines and tonal values of a very early impression. Ludovico Carracci's The Madonna and Child stands as a premier, original example of Ottley's, Italian School of Design, and of the etched art of Thomas Vivares.
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The Madonna and Child (The Italian School of Design)