Talk:Girolamo Mocetto

Which?
A few words might be in order explaining how a print after Mantegna "closely resembles the work of Giulio Campagnola"
 * I wondered about that. Johnbod (talk) 14:52, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * From the Grove entry: Mocetto may have had direct contact with the court of Mantua (the Metamorphosis of Amymone is an allegory of the city of Mantua); two engravings dating from the first years of the 16th century, St John the Baptist (h 724) and Judith with the Head of Holofernes (h 725), both bear a close resemblance to the contemporary work of Giulio Campagnola, who was in Mantua in 1499. There's no further elaboration, though a brief search brings up this painting. Of course, this is the same Grove that claims Master L. Cz. used aquatint...  Litho  derm  20:34, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hm. Wikipedia has an article on that same Judith. I'm still befuddled. Perhaps the attribution of Girolamo's print as "after Mantegna" is the problem. At the image's page, the B.M. keeper says "The original can be related to Mantegna's renditions of the same subject." This seems to refer to the Mantegna Judith now in Washington, which has an alternative ascription to Giulio Campagnola.


 * Btw, this grisaille on canvas is closer to Girolamo's engraving than the Washington Judith. --Wetman (talk) 17:20, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are several Mantegna compositions of Judith, and his original of this one is lost, but various copies are known, in drawings & a painting. Johnbod (talk) 18:44, 26 December 2011 (UTC)