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05/4618
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| Title | Descrittione De Gli Apparati Fatti In Bologna Per La Venuta Di N. S. Papa Clemente VIII. Con gli disegni de gli Archi, Statue, & Pitture. Dedicata A Gli Illmi. Sig. Del Reggimento Di Bologna, Da Vittorio Benacci Stampator Camerale. |
| Imprint | [Bologna:: Vittorio Benacci,], M. D. XCVIII. |
| Physical Description | [16] p., [8] pl. (pl. [5] is folding; the third pl. is pasted to the back of the fourth); 234 mm. (Quarto.) |
| Content Format Note | [T.p.] - [Text with pl.]. |
| Summary Note | Guido Reni's designs for the decorations erected in honour of Pope Clement VIII's visit to Bologna in 1598 were among his earliest commissions; and the etchings of the present work mark the beginning of his career as a print-maker.
The plates show arches, a column and other decorations. |
| Responsibility Note | The plates, title-page vignette and decorated initials are unsigned. |
| Subject | Pageants - Celebrations - Ceremonies - Italy - Emilia-Romagna - Bologna - History - 16th century
Rulers - Monarchs - Publicizing - Public Relations - Italy - Emilia-Romagna - Bologna - 16th century
Triumphal arches - Columns - Temporary structures - Italy - Emilia-Romagna - Bologna - 16th century - Renaissance
Pictorial works - Italy - 16th century |
| Name as Subject | Clement VIII, Pope, 1536 - 1605
Reni, Guido, 1575 - 1642 |
| References | Albertina, Guido Reni und der Reproduktionsstich (1988), nos. 7-15, p.22-9.
On some contemporary celebrations see B. Mitchell, 1598: a year of pageantry in late-Renaissance Ferrara (1990). Two surveys were B. Holme, Princely feasts and festivals: five centuries (1988); B. Mitchell, Italian civic pageantry in the High Renaissance (1979). |
| Copy Note | Before the title-page has been inserted a slip inscribed in ink, '"Ce volume est orné de neuf gravures à l'eau-forte de la main du célèbre Guido Reni" Brunet, manuel'. |
| Binding Note | 19th-century quarter red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Venuta Di Clemente VIII', 'R.A.' and 'Bol. 1598'. |
| Contributors | Benacci, Vittorio, 1571 - 1629, printer, publisher, bookseller
Reni, Guido, 1575 - 1642, source artist, draughtsman, etcher
Bologna. Reggimento. dedicatee |
