Showing posts with label sculpture antique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sculpture antique. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Galleria Giustiniani - Classical Antique Sculptures


 Joachim von Sandrart was employed by the Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani from 1632 to 1635 to be the curator of Giustiniani's extensive art collection.  During this time Sandrart produced two volumes of engravings of the ancient sculptures in the collection. The engravings were made by Dutch and French artists. See François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal By Estelle Cecile Lingo.





Another post, and more examples is at Antique Sculptures in Engravings by Joachim von Sandrart

The engravings shown are for sale on Ebay Click here to see them for sale on Ebay



Francois Duquesnoy and the Greek IdealFrancois Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal

Francois Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal.(Book review): An article from: Renaissance Quarterly

Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period and Sculpture in Colonies and Overseas (World of Art)A History of Greek Sculpture: Volume 1. From the Earliest Times down to the Age of PheidiasA History of Greek Sculpture: Volume 2. Under Pheidias and his Successors

Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period and Sculpture in Colonies and Overseas (World of Art)

A History of Greek Sculpture: Volume 1. From the Earliest Times down to the Age of Pheidias

A History of Greek Sculpture: Volume 2. Under Pheidias and his Successors

Greek Sculpture: An Exploration, 2 Volumes

The Art Student's Guide To The Proportions Of The Human FormThe Art Student's Guide To The Proportions Of The Human Form

La sistemazione seicentesca delle sculture antiche  - La Galleria Giustiniana e la galleria di palazzo Giustiniani a confronto (The arrangement of the seventeenth century ancient sculptures
The Giustiniana Gallery and the Gallery of Palazzo Giustiniani compared - Christina Strunck )

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Anton Maria Zanetti - Delle Antiche Statue Greche E Romane

Prints from Anton Maris Zanetti's Delle Antiche Statue Greche E Romane



Bacco ed un Fauno, Castore o Polluce, Esculapio


The complete book as a pdf is at the University of Heildelberg Digital Library.


Count Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680–1757) was a Venetian artist and art critic, an engraver and connoisseur, and a collector of engraved gems both Greco-Roman and modern, which he published lavishly, in the form of A.F. Gori's Le gemme antiche di Anton Maria Zanetti (1750), illustrated with eighty plates of engravings from his own drawings. Read more at Wikipedia


Several pages are for sale on Ebay. Click here to see them for sale on Ebay.

Lo Statuario pubblico della Serenissima: Due secoli di collezionismo di antichita : 1596-1797 (Italian Edition)

Another post about prints of antique statuary: Le Pitture Antiche D'Ercolano

Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne 

 

Bacchus left, Silenius right.


   

Giove Ammone (Jupiter), Musa o altra Deita, Musa o Venere Genitrice,.