Lot 144

DOMENICO CUNEGO,ITALIAN, VERONA 1727-1803 ROME

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DOMENICO CUNEGO,ITALIAN, VERONA 1727-1803 ROME

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,600

Starting Bid: $500

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Sheet Size: 516 x 384 mm (20.32 x 15.12 in) Plate Size: 376 x 236 mm (14.80 x 9.29 in),The Ogre Discovers Lucina and Norandino Original Artist: Giovanni Lanfranco Printmaker: Domenico Cunego Publisher: Gavin Hamilton Dated 1772 Medium: Engraving and Etching Catalogue Reference: LeBlanc 52 Rijksmuseum Inventory Number: RP-P-2004-73-93 The Ogre Discovers Lucina and Norandino is a copperplate print completed in 1772 by Italian printmaker Domenico Cunego, after the oil painting of the same title by Giovanni Lanfranco. It was included in Select Views of the Finest Paintings of the Italian Schools, published by Gavin Hamilton. This print collection, an anthology of engravings after Italian paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, was issued in Rome in 1773, with Domenico Cunego responsible for twenty-two plates within the series. Domenico Cunego Domenico Cunego was born in Verona. He initially trained under the little-known painter Francesco Ferrari, before devoting himself entirely to printmaking from the age of eighteen, and was chiefly active in Rome as an engraver. Cunego produced numerous plates for Gavin Hamilton's Select Views of the Finest Paintings of the Italian Schools as well as John Boydell's Collection of Prints after the Most Eminent British Paintings. During this period, he also created a large body of engravings after masterworks by canonical old masters including Michelangelo, Giorgione, Titian, Guido Reni, Domenichino and Guercino. This prolific output earned him widespread renown in Rome and secured his standing within Neoclassical artistic circles. Giovanni Lanfranco Giovanni Lanfranco, an eminent Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, painted the canvas The Ogre Discovers Lucina and Norandino in 1624. The scene illustrates an episode from Canto XII of Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem Orlando Furioso. Norandino, King of Damascus, and his bride Lucina are shipwrecked while on their honeymoon and stranded on an ogre's island. The pair are dragged to the ogre's cave, and Lucina is spotted as they attempt to flee. A pupil of Agostino Carracci, Giovanni Lanfranco was deeply shaped by the classical language of the Carracci brothers. His dramatic brushwork embodies an artistic vision distinct from Domenichino, another prominent student of the Carracci clan. He pioneered innovative stylistic approaches that synthesize multiple artistic traditions, bridging Mannerism and the Baroque. Employing chiaroscuro and rich colouristic tonal ranges, he stands out as a versatile, stylistically diverse follower of the Carracci workshop.

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