Neoclassical, Art, Mythology, Statues & Sculpture, Florentine Museum, Antique Prints, Florence, c. 1734

Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757) (author)
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768) (after)
C. Gregori, V. Franceschini, I.B. Iacobonus, G. Guttierez, C. Magalli, G.B. Lapi, M. Pitteri, G. M. Preisler, C. Orsolini, M.A. Corsi, G.G. Frezza, S. Pomarede, Masini, Gabbuggiani, Rossi, M. Sorello (engravers)
Ancient Greco-Roman Statues
from Museum Florentinum: Statue Antiquae Deorum et Vivorum Illustrium Centum Aereis Tabulis
[Florentine Museum: Ancient Statues of Gods and Illustrious Men in 100 Engraved Plates]
Francis J. Moückel, Florence: 1734
Black-and-white etchings
20 x 14 inches each, overall
14 x 9 inches, average plate mark
$400 each

Currently available as shown:
Apollo, Plate XII
Bacchus, Plate L.
Pancratiastae, Plate LXXIII

Various engravings from a splendid collection of renditions of ancient statues of mythological and allegorical figures in celebrated collections and museums in Florence, Italy. They were drawn by Giovanni Campiglia and etched after these designs by renowned Italian engravers of the era. In this set, well-known male and female figures from classical mythology are depicted, often as nudes. The prints include Roman gods and goddesses such as Apollo, Bacchus and Venus. Other examples are Urania, the muse of astronomy, and Victoria, an allegorical figure representing victory of the city of Rome. Another sculpture illustrated in the collection Pancratiastae, shows two participants in pancratium, an ancient athletic contest of boxing and wrestling. The images are at once accurate records of the Greco-Roman statues they depict and elegant engravings in their own right. Such prints were often purchased by English and European aristocrats interested in the ancient world, including those who had been on the Grand Tour to Italy. Indeed, images of ancient art such as these were an influential part of 18th-century art scholarship influencing the artistic and architectural movement of neoclassicism.

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