Ecce Homo

Name: GIUSEPPE SCOLARI (ACTIVE 1550-1607)
Brand: Ecce Homo
Price: 7000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 8,820

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GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

Closed: 21 Mar 2025

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GIUSEPPE SCOLARI (ACTIVE 1550-1607)

Ecce Homo

Price Realised GBP 8,820

Closed: 21 Mar 2025

Price Realised GBP 8,820

Closed: 21 Mar 2025

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GIUSEPPE SCOLARI (ACTIVE 1550-1607)
Ecce Homo
woodcut
circa 1592-1607
on laid paper, watermark Letters DC (?) surmounted by a Star and indistinct countermark
a fine impression of this very rare print
printing strongly and clearly, slightly unevenly in places
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
the paper laid down to an old backing sheet
some additions in grey wash, mainly in the lower subject
generally in good condition
Block & Sheet 405 x 325 mm.

Unidentified, inscription in brown ink verso (not in Lugt).

D. Rosand and M. Muraro, Titian and the Venetian Woodcut, Washington D.C., 1976, p. 310-11, no. 102 (another impression illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This half-length by the Vicentino painter and woodcutter Giuseppe Scolari can be dated to the final years of the 16th or the earliest years of the 17th century. In composition and style it is one of Scolari's most vigorous and expressive prints. Its bold graphic style, reminiscent of early Venetian woodcuts, has led some scholars to attribute its design to Titian and the execution to Domenico delle Greche. However, the combination of black-line and white-line woodcut is typical of Scolari's manner and can also be observed his other, better-known works, such as 'Saint George and the Dragon'.
A reverse copy of the present composition, rougher in style and execution, is more common than the present original. To our knowledge, only one other - considerably cropped - impression of Scolari's own version has been offered at auction within the last thirty years. We could trace two impressions in major public collections (Collezione Remondini, Musei Civici Bassano del Grappa, inv. no. 0500212028; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 62.718).