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MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
[chap. vti.
" Bellino, ("prima che vivesse Gio. Bellino,") by Marcello Figolino."
Vendramini Mosca, (Descrizione delle Architetture, Pitture, e
Scolture di Vicenza, Vicenza, 1779, parte prima, p. 7,) in speaking
of the same church, confirms the assertion of Boschini; but Ridolfi,
(Maraviglie dell' Arte, &c. Venetia, 1648, parte i. p. 93,) ascribes
this picture of the Adoration of the Magi, to a Gio. Battista Figo-
lino, who, he says, flourished at Vicenza about the same time with
Bartolommeo and Benedetto Montagna, painters of that city, both
of whom, according to him, flourished about the year 1500; and
it is remarkable that he makes no mention of Marcello Figolino
whatever. Upon the whole, there appears reason to believe
that Ridolfi was mistaken in the name of the artist, and that
Boschini, and his follower Vendramini, were in error as to the period
in which the picture in question was executed. Still it remains pro-
bable that Figolino, or Fogolino, flourished many years before the
two Montagna; and I am the more inclined to that opinion, because
of the extreme rarity of his engravings; a circumstance which seems,
in some degree, to justify the belief that he died soon after the art
of engraving came into use at Vicenza.
The collections of prints at Vienna, do not appear to have fur-
nished Mr. Bartsch with the opportunity of describing even one
piece bv Fogolino ;* but Zanif met with three small prints by him
in the royal collection at Dresden, which he briefly mentions in his
" Materiali," p. 69. " Each of these pieces," he says, " represents
" a statue, and each has, engraved at bottom, the name of the
" artist, thus:
MARCELLO
FOGOLINO."
* Heineken, " Id. Gen." p. 152. makes the
following brief mention of Fogolino. " Mar-
" ce//o_FogeW«o,ancienmaitre,qiiin'estconnu
" que par quelques estampes marquees de son
" nom." The rarity of this artist's engravings,
makes it a matter of regret that he did not enu-
merate the pieces which he had seen by him.
t In his " Materiali," Zani stated that he
saw these prints of Fogolino in the Imperial
Collection of Vienna. He afterwards cor-
rected his error in a letter to Mr. Bartsch.
See " Peintre Graveur," torn. xiii. p. 213.
MARCELLO FOGOLINO.
[chap. vti.
" Bellino, ("prima che vivesse Gio. Bellino,") by Marcello Figolino."
Vendramini Mosca, (Descrizione delle Architetture, Pitture, e
Scolture di Vicenza, Vicenza, 1779, parte prima, p. 7,) in speaking
of the same church, confirms the assertion of Boschini; but Ridolfi,
(Maraviglie dell' Arte, &c. Venetia, 1648, parte i. p. 93,) ascribes
this picture of the Adoration of the Magi, to a Gio. Battista Figo-
lino, who, he says, flourished at Vicenza about the same time with
Bartolommeo and Benedetto Montagna, painters of that city, both
of whom, according to him, flourished about the year 1500; and
it is remarkable that he makes no mention of Marcello Figolino
whatever. Upon the whole, there appears reason to believe
that Ridolfi was mistaken in the name of the artist, and that
Boschini, and his follower Vendramini, were in error as to the period
in which the picture in question was executed. Still it remains pro-
bable that Figolino, or Fogolino, flourished many years before the
two Montagna; and I am the more inclined to that opinion, because
of the extreme rarity of his engravings; a circumstance which seems,
in some degree, to justify the belief that he died soon after the art
of engraving came into use at Vicenza.
The collections of prints at Vienna, do not appear to have fur-
nished Mr. Bartsch with the opportunity of describing even one
piece bv Fogolino ;* but Zanif met with three small prints by him
in the royal collection at Dresden, which he briefly mentions in his
" Materiali," p. 69. " Each of these pieces," he says, " represents
" a statue, and each has, engraved at bottom, the name of the
" artist, thus:
MARCELLO
FOGOLINO."
* Heineken, " Id. Gen." p. 152. makes the
following brief mention of Fogolino. " Mar-
" ce//o_FogeW«o,ancienmaitre,qiiin'estconnu
" que par quelques estampes marquees de son
" nom." The rarity of this artist's engravings,
makes it a matter of regret that he did not enu-
merate the pieces which he had seen by him.
t In his " Materiali," Zani stated that he
saw these prints of Fogolino in the Imperial
Collection of Vienna. He afterwards cor-
rected his error in a letter to Mr. Bartsch.
See " Peintre Graveur," torn. xiii. p. 213.