Agostino Veneziano, Portrait after an antique Statue in RomeAPUD JOHANNEM ANTONIUM, T VICENTIUM ROMANOS
Drypoint on paper 310 mm x 212 mmVery fine print.Plate XXX fromInlustrium Viror. ut exstant in Urbe expressi vultus
Aquiles Estaço, Inlustrium Viror. ut exstant in Urbe expressi vultus, Roma, 1569
The Portuguese humanist Aquiles Estaço (Achille Stazio) (1524 - 1581) was the author of one of the first collections dedicated to ancient iconography. The volume contains 52 tables related to as many herm-portraits in marble, mostly ancient, depicting famous characters on a neutral background and shaded. The Latin caption shows the name of the collection. Despite having no signature, it is generally believed that the plates and the title page are the work of the engraver Agostino Musi, called Agostino Veneziano (1490 circa - post 1536).
Chalcographic illustrations, xylographate initials, letter heads. On the title page, the editor Antonio Lafréry (1512 - 1577), one of the most important Roman printers.
