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GIROLAMO MOCETTO. [chap. vii.
After frequent comparison of the following engraving with several
pieces by Mocetto, I feel no hesitation in ascribing it to his burin.
Bartsch, however, places it amongst the works of unknown en-
gravers.
The Calumny of Apelles.
The beautiful allegory, said to have been painted in ancient times
by Apelles, is the subject of this print. In the middle of the piece,
Innocence is dragged by Calumny, at the instigation of Envy,
Ambition, and Treachery, before the judgment-seat of Folly, who
is seated on the left, attended by his two counsellors, Ignorance and
Suspicion, who stand one on each side his throne. On the right
stand Penitence and Truth, lamenting the undeserved fate of the
prisoner. Under the figure of Calumny is inscribed, calumnia
dapele. The titles of the other actors in the piece, invidia, igno-
rantia, inocentia, insidia, &c. are inscribed, in like manner,
underneath or above their figures. It is remarkable that the back-
ground of this piece represents a view of the " Piazza de' S. S. Gio-
vanni e Paolo," at Venice, with the equestrian statue of the
celebrated Venetian General, Bartolomme.o Coleone, made by
Andrea del Verrocchio. It is not impossible that the subject may
have been engraved by Mocetto, with some reference to a rude
satire on Coleone, mentioned by Muratori. " The statue," he says,
(Annali d' Italia, Ann. 1475) " was found, one morning, with a
" sack hung to its neck, and a broom in its hand : a piece of satire
which gave extreme displeasure to the grave Venetian senate."
This piece measures about seventeen inches and a half in width, by
twelve inches and three-quarters in height.
I am of opinion that the following singular engraving may
also be added, with propriety, to the catalogue of Girolamo
Mocetto.
In the middle of the print is a nymph, sleeping, recumbent on a
GIROLAMO MOCETTO. [chap. vii.
After frequent comparison of the following engraving with several
pieces by Mocetto, I feel no hesitation in ascribing it to his burin.
Bartsch, however, places it amongst the works of unknown en-
gravers.
The Calumny of Apelles.
The beautiful allegory, said to have been painted in ancient times
by Apelles, is the subject of this print. In the middle of the piece,
Innocence is dragged by Calumny, at the instigation of Envy,
Ambition, and Treachery, before the judgment-seat of Folly, who
is seated on the left, attended by his two counsellors, Ignorance and
Suspicion, who stand one on each side his throne. On the right
stand Penitence and Truth, lamenting the undeserved fate of the
prisoner. Under the figure of Calumny is inscribed, calumnia
dapele. The titles of the other actors in the piece, invidia, igno-
rantia, inocentia, insidia, &c. are inscribed, in like manner,
underneath or above their figures. It is remarkable that the back-
ground of this piece represents a view of the " Piazza de' S. S. Gio-
vanni e Paolo," at Venice, with the equestrian statue of the
celebrated Venetian General, Bartolomme.o Coleone, made by
Andrea del Verrocchio. It is not impossible that the subject may
have been engraved by Mocetto, with some reference to a rude
satire on Coleone, mentioned by Muratori. " The statue," he says,
(Annali d' Italia, Ann. 1475) " was found, one morning, with a
" sack hung to its neck, and a broom in its hand : a piece of satire
which gave extreme displeasure to the grave Venetian senate."
This piece measures about seventeen inches and a half in width, by
twelve inches and three-quarters in height.
I am of opinion that the following singular engraving may
also be added, with propriety, to the catalogue of Girolamo
Mocetto.
In the middle of the print is a nymph, sleeping, recumbent on a