The Academy of Bandinelli
Maker
(artist)
1488-1560
(engraver)
ca. 1490-after 1536 (Life dates)
1488-1560
(engraver)
ca. 1490-after 1536 (Life dates)
Title
The Academy of Bandinelli
Date of Production
1531
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.19
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
The Florentine sculptor Baccio Bandinelli established one of the earliest art academies, which he called later in life ‘my particular academy of design’. This engraving shows Bandinelli sitting at a table holding a statuette of Venus for his apprentices to copy. The classical statues, book, and Latin inscription all emphasise the intellectual nature of the art of drawing, disegno. The elongated shadows may refer to the classical author Pliny’s anecdote of the origin of painting through tracing the form of a figure’s shadow.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Print Room Display - Learning to Draw the Figure 1500 to 1800, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 24/06/2016-15/12/2016
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : lower centre of image & recto : : ACADEMIA.DI.BAC./ CHIO.BRANDIN.IN./ ROMA./ IN.LVOGO.DETTO / BELVEDERE/ MDXXXI./ .A.V.
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