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Gloria

1535 or 1536

Domenico del Barbiere

(Italian, c. 1506–c. 1571)

after Rosso Fiorentino

(Italian, 1494–1540)
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Support
Cream(1) laid paper, laid down on cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.7 x 37.6 cm (17 5/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1988.106
Catalogue raisonné
Bartsch 7 (XVI.359)
Public Domain
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Location
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Print

Description

This print is based on a drawing that Rosso Fiorentino made as part of a design for a fresco in François I’s chateau at Fontainebleau in France. A personified Gloria (or Fame) holds a trumpet in each hand, a symbol of victory, while standing atop a globe, signifying dominance over time and death. Although a clear inspiration, the powerful muscular and sculptural quality of Michelangelo’s nudes are in this figure transformed into a distorted, excessively elongated torso. Such a body was not the result of drawing from a live model but instead derived from the artist’s imagination.
A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts Gloria, a muscular, winged woman with light skin tone standing atop a globe amidst clouds. Facing our left, she holds a long trumpet with a banner in each hand. Swirling fabric drapes around her torso and legs. In the upper left, the word "GLORIA" is printed, and a scroll at the bottom right is inscribed "DOMENICO DELBARBIERE FIORNTINO." Fine hatching provides shading throughout.

Gloria

1535 or 1536

Domenico del Barbiere, Rosso Fiorentino

(Italian, c. 1506–c. 1571), (Italian, 1494–1540)
Italy, 16th century

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