Tumbling putti

item details

NameTumbling putti

ProductionJacopo Palma; engraver; 1611; Venice
Giacomo Franco; publisher; 1611; Venice

Classificationworks on paper, engravings

Materialsink, paper

Techniquesengraving

Dimensionsplate: 170mm (width), 250mm (height)

Registration Number1910-0001-1/62-80

Credit linePurchased 1910

Overview

This engraving is from the first book of De Excellentia et Nobilitate Delineationis Libri Duo ('The book of the noble and excellent art of drawing'), published by Giacomo Franco in Venice in 1611. The first book consists of studies of parts of the human figure, of which there are fourteen etchings by Jacopo Palma (called Il Giovane) and thirteen engravings made after him, one of which is these charming tumbling putti. The original volume contains 64 plates. The engraving is part of the so-called King George IV album of Old Master prints, acquired by the Dominion Museum in 1910.

See: Victoria & Albert Museum, http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698553/print-palma-jacopo-il/

Dr Mark Stocker Curator, Historical International Art March 2017