Lotto No. 35


Guillaume Rouillé


Guillaume Rouillé - Disegni e stampe fino al 1900, acquarelli e miniature

(Lyon 1516-1589) A set of 118 woodcuts from the Biblia Sacra, Latin edition, Lyon c. 1570, Scenes from the Old and the New Testament, woodcuts on laid paper, partly with the Latin text on the reverse, mounted individually and in groups, unframed, (118), (Sch)

Giullaume Rouillé was among the most famous, humanist editors of the 16th century. He was of French origin but was trained in the workshop of the Venetian editor Gabriele Giolito de'Ferrari. Even after his return to Lyon he continued to keep connections with the lagoon city and frequently used Venetian text sources and motifs. In 1549 he founded a big publishing enterprise together with the graphic artist Macé Bonhomme. The workshop was also reknown for its translations of standard textual sources such as emblemata, medicine and iconography into Italian and Spanish.

Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

28.04.2014 - 17:00

Stima:
EUR 2.000,- a EUR 2.400,-

Guillaume Rouillé


(Lyon 1516-1589) A set of 118 woodcuts from the Biblia Sacra, Latin edition, Lyon c. 1570, Scenes from the Old and the New Testament, woodcuts on laid paper, partly with the Latin text on the reverse, mounted individually and in groups, unframed, (118), (Sch)

Giullaume Rouillé was among the most famous, humanist editors of the 16th century. He was of French origin but was trained in the workshop of the Venetian editor Gabriele Giolito de'Ferrari. Even after his return to Lyon he continued to keep connections with the lagoon city and frequently used Venetian text sources and motifs. In 1549 he founded a big publishing enterprise together with the graphic artist Macé Bonhomme. The workshop was also reknown for its translations of standard textual sources such as emblemata, medicine and iconography into Italian and Spanish.

Esperta: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Asta: Disegni e stampe fino al 1900, acquarelli e miniature
Tipo d'asta: Asta in sala
Data: 28.04.2014 - 17:00
Luogo dell'asta: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Esposizione: 18.04. - 28.04.2014