Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Malmantile Racquistato (The Reconquered Malmantile) |
Object Name |
Engraving |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.073 |
Description |
This image appeared as the frontispiece to Laurenzo Lippi's posthumously published comic-heroic poem, "Il Malmantile Racquistato" (The Reconquered Malmantile). The work was first released in 1676 under the pseudonym "Perlone Zipoli," an anagram of the author's name. The fanciful and linguistically inventive poem tells the story of a valiant poet who aids in the recapture of a fallen kingdom and earns the hand of its rightful queen. Crowned in laurels, the poet appears within the print under a hanging sign bearing the work's title, seated beneath a ledge on which a monkey works a mortar and pestle. This allegorical scene contains references to theater and literature, art, and medicine, while the poem itself contained numerous references to tarot and astrology. |
Artist |
Zuccarelli, Francesco |
Artist 2 |
Lippi, Laurenzo |
Date |
1731 |
Dimensions |
H-7.5 W-5.5 inches |
Material |
Paper |
Medium |
Etching |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Allegories Eighteenth century Engraving Prints |
Provenance |
Fisher Scientific, Pittsburg, PA; Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH, until 2000. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Scientific International Inc.). |