Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767) (after)
Giuseppe Benedetti, Michele Marieschi
(1710-1743) (engravers)
Veduta di Campagna vicino a Gamberaia
[View of the Countryside near Gamberaia]
Villa de SSri. Mancini vicino a Signa
detta Castelletti
[Villa of Signori Mancini near Signa
called Castelletti]
from Luoghi della Ville, e d’ Altri Luoghi
della Toscana
[Sites of the Villas, and of Other
Places in Tuscany]
Appresso Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence: 1744
Black and white engravings
16.25 x 24.75 inches, overall
12 x 19 inches average, plate mark
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Sites of Tuscan Villas by Giuseppe Zocchi
Pair of Landscape Engravings, 1744
Pair of Landscape Engravings, 1744
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Pair of picturesque landscape views of the Tuscan countryside. Today a luxury hotel, Villa Gamberaia was completed in the early 17th century on the hillside of Settignano in Tuscany, overlooking Florence and the Arno Valley. By the time Zocchi engraved this view of the nearby countryside, it was renowned for its gardens, which he depicted in another engraving in Luoghi della Ville. Signa is also in the Tuscany hills, about 10 miles from Florence, and a Villa Castelleti is still there, a group of 17th-century buildings now serving as a hotel.
Giuseppe Zocchi was an Italian painter and etcher, known for his history, genre and landscape subjects. Initially trained in Florence, the Marquis Andrea Gerini became his protector and sent him to Rome, Bologna, Milan and Venice for further studies. In Venice, he became acquainted with engravings of views by Michele Marieschi. In the course of these trips, he drew the most interesting sites of each region, which he engraved and assembled as topographic series. He engraved his own work as well as prints after 17th century masters. Zocchi’s two most famous sets of architectural landscapes are Tuscany, published in 1744 (including the two offered prints), and Florence (Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali Contrade, Piazza, Chiese, e Palazzi della Citta di Firenze Dedicata alla Sacra Reale Apostolica Maesta di Maria Teresa Regina d Ungheriae di Boemia, Arciduchesa d Austria e Granduchessa di Toscana &c. &c. &c.), published in 1754.
Giuseppe Benedetti was an Italian engraver, born in Bologna. He engraved effigies of Christ and the saints, as well as portraits.
Michele Marieschi was an Italian painter, etcher and engraver. He spent most of his career in Venice producing Venetian landscapes, views and capriccios, which are picturesque, imaginary landscapes. He began to etch in the 1730s.
References:
Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. France: Librairie Gründ, 1966. Vol., p. 1, p. 550 (Benedetti); Vol. 8, p. 861. (Zocchi)
“Giuseppe Zocchi.” Grove Dictionary of Art. Online at Artnet.com.http://www.artnet.com/library/09/0935/T093576.asp (15 December 2004).
“Michele (Michiel) Giovanni Marieschi.”Grove Dictionary of Art. Online at Artnet.com. http://www.artnet.com/library/05/0543/T054346.asp (15 December 2004).
“Villa Gamberaia: History.” Capri Online Italy Hotels, Italian Travel Network. 2004. http://www.villagamberaia.com/en/history.html (15 December 2004).