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| Image title: | Valerio Spada: Historiated Alphabet, 1656 – 1659 [N-Z] [1659] |
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| Source: | Reed, Sue Welsh & Wallace, Richard: “Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque” (1989) |
| Item date: | 1659 |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | alphabets, lettering, historiated initials, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive. |
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Valerio Spada was a contemporary of Stefano della Bella. This Historiated Alphabet—that is, this set of decorated initials with scenes in them – features scenes from seventeenth century Italy, mostly landscapes with figures (people) in them. Spada was known for combining miniature scenes with lettering or calligraphy. Note that these letters are not perfectly square! The individual letters are (or will be) also available for free download. The image dimensions given in the exhibition catalogue are 170x238mm (platemark), and 182x248mm for the whole sheet. The image was screened for print, and I have not found a better version. the Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
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| Dimensions: | 180 x 176mm (7.1 x 6.9 inches) |
| Filename: | 0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-n-z-q75-500x375.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/3C/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-n-z-q75-500x375.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/3C/pages/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-n-z/ |
| Stock image: | Buy from: alamy.com |
| Artist: | Valerio Spada (1613 – 1688) |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
| Unmarked: | You can get a version of this image without the watermark at the lower right corner by requesting it in using the comment link below. The images are watermarked to help people find where they came from if they get reposted to blogs or other sites. Images under 1200 pixels on a side are still free, although I will ask for a donation :-) |
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