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CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500-1571)

Lot 5
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 2 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1317597
Lot 5 | CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500-1571)
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€ 3 000 – 4 000
CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500-1571)
Due Trattati, uno intorno alle otto principaliarti dell'oreficeria. Florence : Valente Panizzii et Marco Peri, 1568.

Édition originale de cet important traité d'orfèvrerie et de sculpture.

Exemplaire annoté, probablement par un artisan qui commente les techniques proposées et notamment les soudures. À la fois orfèvre, sculpteur, médailleur, dessinateur et écrivain, Cellini ne publie de son vivant que le présent ouvrage, dans lequel il explique les méthodes et secrets de son travail : la dorure, le moulage, la fonte de bronze... Il révèle aussi les techniques des artistes florentins du Quattrocento, en particulier Michel-Ange.
Adams, C1240 ; USTC n° 821538.

In-8 (205 x 148 mm). Le feuillet 47 est folioté 46. Annotations anciennes à l'encre en marges, en italien. Illustré d'une vignette de titre gravée aux armes des Médicis, 37 lettrines gravées dont 36 grandes lettrines représentant des vues de Florence, nombreux culs-de-lampe et marque de l'imprimeur gravée au dernier feuillet. Cartonnage postérieur, tranches rouges. (manque le feuillet blanc A6, taches et brunissures, restauration en marge intérieure du titre, reliure frottée, mors supérieur partiellement fendu)
Provenance : Giorgio Pernicelli (ex-libris manuscrit au titre)

First edition of this important treatise on goldsmith and sculpture, the only one published in Cellini's lifetime. The copy has been annotated in Italian by a craftsman, particularly regarding the welding techniques.
Artist:Benvenuto Cellini (1500 - 1571)
Place of origin:Italy
Auction house category:Books
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