Cornelis Cort - Gathering of the Gods - After Primaticcio - Fist state / Description: The gathering of the Gods on Mount Olympus, after Primaticcio' s fresco in the Galerie d'Ulysse at Fontainebleau; within circle; after Francesco Primaticcio. In a panel at the bottom 'Tomaso Vincidor de Bologna Inve. H.Cock Xcude. Engraving made by Cornelis Cort in 1577. A first state with the publishers address of Hieronymus Cock. / Dimensions: 43,50 cm diameter / Condition: A good deep black and detailed impression giving full credit to this magnificent work. Trimmed a few millimeters outside the image with Latin description cut of. Small spot off rubbing on one of the females. Laid down on support sheet. Very nice in appearance. Delivered in a circular window cut museum quality passe-partout. / Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (187.I) --- Bierens de Haan 1948 / L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais 1533-1578 (184) --- See Sylvie Beguin and others, 'La Galerie d'Ulysse à Fontainebleau', Paris 1985, pp.129-32. After the central ceiling fresco in the first vault of the gallery. Cock's statement that the design is by Vincidor is wrong and puzzling. / Medium: Engraving /Circa: 1560-1570
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