Harvard Art Museums > 2006.290: Musica Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Musica (Unidentified Artist)(After Cornelis Cort)(After Frans Floris) , 2006.290,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317745. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.290 People Unidentified Artist After Cornelis Cort, Netherlandish (Hoorn, Netherlands 1533 - 1578 Rome, Italy) After Frans Floris, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1519/20 - 1570 Antwerp) Title Musica Other Titles Series/Book Title: Seven Liberal Arts Classification Prints Work Type print Date after 1565 Culture Italian? Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317745 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 22.4 x 27.9 cm (8 13/16 x 11 in.) sheet: 22.6 x 28.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l. margin; In Bologna F Josefo Longhi sotto le scole all' Insegna di s. Paolo inscription: verso, c.; graphite: Large numbers down center of print; difficult to read as the print is tipped down at the corners. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.290 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Around 1556 Frans Floris painted a cycle of the Seven Liberal Arts for Nicolaas Jongelinck, the wealthy Antwerp trader and toll collector who commissioned Bruegel's Seasons. In 1565, Cornelis Cort produced highly popular engravings after Floris's cycle. This print appears to be an engraving after Cort's engraving of Musica. It differs from Cort in several ways, particularly in the title MVSICA and detailed floral pattern on the clavier, which appear in Cort's engraving, but do not appear in this print. The inscription indicates Italian publishing: "In Bologna Josefo Longhi below the stairs at the sign of S. Paolo." This inscription does not appear in any of the Floris catalogues or Hollstein. Niccolò Nelli also published a copy of the series in Venice. This print, however, is unnumbered and further deemphasizes the work's relationship to the set by removing the title, Mvsica, from the clavier. In his Lives, Vasari recommended that Floris find himself a new engraver who could do his designs justice, which would seem to indicate he was unaware that this print was published outside of Floris's control by a Bolognese publisher. This publisher, however, was keenly aware of the desirability of Floris's art in the southern market when he decided to re-engrave Floris's composition. This print therefore represents a key document in the history of printmaking and the distribution of Northern art in Italy. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
