Sunday, May 25, 2025

Antonio Fantuzzi

Antonio Fantuzzi after Francesco Primaticcio
Bath of Venus and Mars
ca. 1543
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Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome


Antonio Fantuzzi after Francesco Primaticcio
Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite leaving Olympus
ca. 1543
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Francesco Primaticcio
Omphale dressing Hercules as a Woman
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Francesco Primaticcio
Sibyl
ca. 1544-45
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Francesco Primaticcio
Antique Statue of a Muse
ca. 1544
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Giulio Romano
Figures after a Roman Frieze
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi
Genius bestowing Laurel Wreath on the Goddess Roma
1544
engraving
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Design for Covered Cup supported by Satyrs
1543
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Royal Elephant with Emblems of François I of France
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Terms flanking Cartouche with Landscape
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Vertumnus and Pomona
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Classical Scene with Funeral Pyre
ca. 1542-43
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Rosso Fiorentino
Classical Scene with Roman Ruler
(Allegory of State Unity)
ca. 1543
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British Museum

Antonio Fantuzzi after Parmigianino
Seated Figure in Landscape
ca. 1545
chiaroscuro woodcut
Cabinet d'Arts Graphiques,
Musées d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève

Antonio Fantuzzi after Parmigianino
Martyrdom of St Peter and St Paul
ca. 1545
chiaroscuro woodcut
Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg

Antonio Fantuzzi
Ornamental Panel with Mythological Figures 
ca. 1543
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British Museum

from Matinées

Dear Mrs. Livingston,
I want to say that I am still in a daze
From yesterday afternoon.
I will treasure the experience always –

My very first Grand Opera! It was very
Thoughtful of you to invite 
Me and am so sorry
That I was late, and for my coughing fit.

I play my record of the Overture
Over and over. I pretend
I am still sitting in the theater.

I also wrote a poem which my Mother
Says I should copy out and send.
Ever gratefully, Your little friend.

– James Merrill (1969)