DIANA SCULTORI (AFTER GIULIO ROMANO) Attilius Regulus in a Barrel.

DIANA SCULTORI (AFTER GIULIO ROMANO)
Attilius Regulus in a Barrel.

Engraving, circa 1575. 305x412 mm; 12⅛x16¼ inches. With thread margins outside the narrow black border line. A very good impression of this scarce engraving.

Scultori (15547-1612) was one of four children of the sculptor and engraver Giovanni Battista Ghisi (1503-1575) and the sister of engraver Adamo Scultori (1530-1585). She learned the art of engraving from her father and also studied with the artist Giulio Romano (circa 1499-1546). Scultori received her first public recognition as an engraver in Giorgio Vasari's second edition of his Vites published in 1568. In 1565 she met her first husband, an architect, and the pair moved to Rome by 1575. Once in Rome, Scultori used her knowledge of business within the art world to advance both her and her husband's career. On June 5, 1575, Scultori received a Papal Privilege to make and market her own work, which she used to her advantage. In 1578 she gave birth to her son Giovanni Battista Capriani. The last known engraving by Scultori dates from 1588. Bartsch 36; Bellini 17.