Agostino VENEZIANO - Baccio BANDINELLI. 1493-1560

The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli in Rome.1500-1550

Burin, mm. 265x289. trimmed. In the image“ACADEMIA DI BACCHIO BRANDIN IN ROMA IN LVOGO DETTO BELVEDERE MDXXXI. A.V.'” essay of the XIXth century. Good proof, fine specimen.

In his Memorial the same Bandinelli remembers having entrusted Agostino Veneziano with the drawing depicting his Academy, founded in 1530 in Rome. In engraving, the Master is portrayed in the act of teaching, which also takes place at night, by candlelight. The press is in a circulation of the early nineteenth century.Bartsch XIV.314.418; Thomas, Print Quarterly, XXII, 2005, pp. 3-14.