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Record number
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07/4288
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| Author | Grazi, Grazia Maria, fl. ca. 1584? |
| Title | Rime, E Versi Latini Di Gratiamaria Gratii, Sopra Il Ratto Delle Sabine. Scolpito in marmo dall'Eccellente Giambologna. [Device] |
| Imprint | In Fiorenza: Appresso Giorgio Marescotti. Con permissione de' Superiori., MDLXXXIIII. |
| Physical Description | 12 p.; 196 mm. |
| Content Format Note | [T.p., dedic.] - Di Gratiamaria Gratii [Italian verses] - Gratiaemariae Gratii [Latin verses]. |
| Summary Note | The text consists of Italian and Latin verses in praise of Giambologna's three-figure statue of the Rape of a Sabine; which he made in 1581 and 1582 for the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. (Giambologna's wax models for this composition are preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.) The legend of the abduction of Sabine women by the Romans in order to populate their own state is told by Livy and by Plutarch. The subject was been treated by Poussin, Rubens, David, Picasso and others.
The booklet is decorated with headpieces, tailpieces, decorated initials and a title-page vignette (printer's device). |
| Responsibility Note | The publication is dedicated by Giorgio Marescotti to M. Agnolo Di Bernardo Strozzi. |
| Subject | Romans - Sabines - Abduction - Italy - History
Sculpture - Statues - Italy - Tuscany - Florence - 16th century
Art criticism - Italian poetry - Italy - 16th century |
| Name as Subject | Giambologna, 1529 - 1608 |
| Binding Note | 19th-century marbled-papered boards; green morocco spine-label lettered 'Composizioni In Lode Della Sabina Firenze 1583'. Bound with one other. |
| Provenance | The front pastedown carries the (19th-century?) bookplate of Luigi Fortunato Pieri; and is inscribed in pencil, 'S:A:H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. |
| Contributors | Marescotti, Giorgio, 1602, publisher
Pieri, Luigi Fortunato, previous owner |
