ID: 700009062 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009062	Record Type: Movable Work
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Vite de’ piu eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori (book; print made by: Cristoforo Coriolano (attributed); published ...; 1568; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1938,1108.9.1)

Note: Volume with woodcut title-page, illustrations, ornamental initials and other decorations, in vellum binding. Illustrated volume of Giorgio Vasari, 'Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori... prima, e seconda parte' (Florence: Giunti, 1568). The volume is stamped on the spine: 'Vasari Vite de Pittori Tom: 1.'; the first (blank) page is inscribed in brownish ink '48th - 3 vol.', and there are a small number of other marks in brown ink in the text. The title-page and following six pages have suffered an area of loss near the spine of the book, probably from woodworm, and have been infilled and the missing areas of image and text redrawn in brown ink. For the third part (in two volumes), see pressmarks 159.b.6,7. The volumes previously belonged to a Thomas Brand, whose bookplate (Franks 3543) is inside the front cover of each. Title-page: ornate architectural frame supported by figures and surmounted by Medici coat of arms; title in cartouche at top, supported by putti, vignette of Florence in cartouche below, supported by satyresses; on verso of title-page, (part of) the same frame with design of the Last Judgement, men being raised from the ground by a winged figure blowing a three-ended trumpet and holding a torch, watched by female figures representing Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; below, motto in cartouche: 'Hac sospite nunquam hos periisse viros, victos aut morte fatebor.' Preceding main text, bust portrait of the author in oval lettered 'Giorgio Vasarii pittore et architetto Aretino.', in (part of) the same frame as the title-page; below, vignette of Florence in cartouche.

Titles:

Vite de’ piu eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U,Italian-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

book [300028051] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

Classifications:

printed materials (preferred)

Creation Date: 1568

Creator Display:

print made by: Cristoforo Coriolano (attributed); published by: Giunti; author: Giorgio Vasari [preferred,VP]

publishers Giunti family (Italian printers, active 15th-16th centuries) [500112262]

author Vasari, Giorgio (Italian painter, architect, writer, 1511-1574) [500017608]

printer Coriolano, Cristoforo (German printmaker, active 1590-1600 in Italy) [500043052]

Locations:

Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1938,1108.9.1

Other: Publication: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: paper, letterpress, woodcut

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	letterpress printing [300178926]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, relief printing processes)

	woodcut (process) [300053296]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, relief printing processes)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: approx. page size: Height: 231 millimetres; Width: 160 millimetres

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Le Vite de’ più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori italiani [901001420]
	.....((Literary works: History, Biographies, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	artists (visual artists) [300025103]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the visual arts and related occupations>, <people in the visual arts>) (AAT)

	biographies (literary genre) [300080102]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Provenance: Purchased from: Davis & Orioli Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Brand (Franks 3543)

Inscriptions: Title-page lettered: 'Le Vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori / Scritte da M. Giorgio Vasari pittore et architetto Aretino, / di nuovo dal medesimo riviste et ampliate / con i ritratti loro / con l'aggiunta delle vite de' vivi, & de' morti dall' anno 1550. insino al 1567. / Prima, e seconda parte. / Tavole in ciascun volume, delle cose piu notabili, de' ritratti, delle vite degli artefici, et dei luoghi dove sono l'opere loro. / Con licenza e privilegio di N.s. Pio V. et dal Duca di Fiorenza e Siena. / In Fiorenza, appresso i Giunti 1568.'

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Vite de’ piu eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori

Sources and Contributors:
Vite de’ piu eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Pettas, Giunti of Florence (2013)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)