Vita Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Pittore Scultore Architetto E Gentiluomo Fiorentino Pubblicata Mentre Viveva Dal Suo Scolare Ascanio Condivi Seconda Edizione Corretta Ed Accresciuta Di Varie Annotazioni Col Ritratto Del Medesimo Ed Altre Figure In Rame.
The 'Dichiarazione II. Delle Tavole... ' lists a total of eighteen prints, including plates and in-text illustrations. Each of the three plates carries no plate-number, but the number of the page next to which it is to be bound in - pp. 65, 95, 109.
Contents
[Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Prefazione - Dichiarazione I. Delle Cose Contenute In Quest' Opera - Dichiarazione II. Delle tavole, De' Fregi, E Delle Finali Incise In Rame, E Di Ogn'Altro Ornamento Di Questo Volume - [Half-title] - [Text] - Supplemento Alla Vita Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Compilato Da Girolamo Ticciati - [Plate] - Observations De Mr. Pierre Mariette Sur La Vie De Michel-Ange Ecrite Par Le Condivi Son Disciple - Annotazioni Del Signor Domenico Maria Manni ... - Notizie Storiche Ed Annotazioni Di Anton Francesco Gori ... [with 2 pl.] - Compendio Delle Cose Più Notabili Tratte Dalla Vita Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Scritta Da M. Giorgio Vasari ... - Giunta Di Osservazioni Di Anton Francesco Gori - Indice Delle Cose Più Notabili.
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is signed 'Iulio B. F.'. The plate at p.65 is unsigned; that at p.95 is signed as painted by Christoph. Allori and engraved by Vin. Franceschini; that at p.109 is signed as drawn and engraved by Francesco Zuccherelli.
One of the in-text illustrations or decorations is signed as drawn by 'I.M.', and one by Philid. Rossi; most are signed as engraved by 'V.F.', one as engraved by Franco. Mazzoni.
The work is dedicated by A.F. Gori to Marchese Andrea Gerini.
References
A. Condivi, The life of Michelangelo, ed. H. Wohl and A.S. Wohl (1999); J. Wilde, Michelangelo: six lectures (1976), p.1-16; G. Settimo, Ascanio Condivi biografo di Michelangelo (1975); A. Condivi, Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti, ed. E. Spina Barelli (1964).
Surveys include W.E. Wallace, ed. Michelangelo: selected scholarship in English (5 vols., 1995).
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1746 is given on the title-page, but the plate at p. 109 carries the date 1747. The work was originally published in 1553.
The frontispiece is a portrait of Michelangelo; pl. [1] (p.65) shows his tomb at Florence; pl. [2] (p.95), his nephew; pl. [3] (p.109), a sculpture by Michelangelo.
Provenance
Purchased for RA Library in 1870 (see 'Librarian's Report for the Year 1870', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 28).
Binding Note
18th-century mottled calf; rebacked in 20th century, black morocco spine-label lettered 'Condivi - Vita Di Michelagnolo', spine lettered 'R.A.' and '1746'.
Sculptors - Painters - Architects - Artists - Art - Arts - Italy - History - 16th century - Renaissance - Mannerism
Biography - Art history - Italy - 16th century