Saturday, October 8, 2016

Master FP in the 16th century

Master FP after Parmigianino
The Centaur Nessus abducting Dejanira, with Hercules resisting
ca. 1527-30
etching
British Museum

I became aware of the printmaker known as Master FP in connection with the etching above. It shows the Centaur Nessus making off with Dejanira and resisted by Hercules. Curators at the British Museum know that Master FP collaborated with Parmigianino on that etching and some of the others below during the three years from 1527 to 1530 when Parmigianino was in Bologna, having fled the Sack of Rome in 1527.

Master FP after Parmigianino
Astrology
ca. 1527-30
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Seated Philosopher
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Hercules and Cerberus
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Standing Christ
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Woman holding a plate
First half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Group at an Altar
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Woman pouring from one container into another 
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Virtue Victorious over Vice
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Personification of Fortitude
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Master FP
Personification of Hope
first half of the 16th century
etching
British Museum

Below are pages from an album now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York - another example of the handicraft perpetrated in the 18th century by Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774). Inidividual engravings are pasted in, nine to a sheet. Multiple copies of the same image share pages with any other images thought by Mariette to be compatible. Pages below contain copies of several of the same etchings assigned at the British Museum to Master FP.  

Master FP and others
Selection of etchings in Mariette album
16th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Master FP and others
Selection of etching in Mariette album
16th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Master FP and others
Selection of etchings in Mariette album
16th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art