Giovanni Battista Scultori
(Italy 1503–1575)
after Giulio Romano
(Italy 1499–1546)
- Title
- David and Goliath
- Year
- 1540
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Dimensions
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35.9 x 45.4cm platemark (irreg.); 36.2 x 45.7cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Delmer 1985
- Accession number
- 230.1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Scultori was the founder of the Mantuan school of engraving which included his pupil Giorgio Ghisi. This print is the most impressive of Scultori's twenty-one engravings. It relates to Giulio Romano's design of the subject, probably painted by Rinaldo Mantovano, in the loggia of the Palazzo del Tè, Mantua. The young Israelite David killed the leader of the Philistine army with a blow to the head from his slingshot. He then beheaded the giant and the Philistine army was routed.
- Bibliography (4)
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'Old Europe: rarely seen prints and drawings on show' by Peter Raissis, pg. 23-25, Look Jun 2006, Jun 2006, 23 (illus.).
Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 3 (illus.), 4, 10. no catalogue numbers
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 185
- Exhibition history (4)
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Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986.
Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991.
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998.
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006.
