Table Of ContentRoman Antiquities in
Renaissance France, 1515-65
RICHARD COOPER
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Cooper, Richard, 194 7-
Roman antiquities in Renaissance France, 1515-65.
1. Classical antiquities - Collectors and collecting -
France - History - 16th century. 2. Classical antiquities -
Private collections - France - History- 16th century.
3. Rome (Italy) - Antiquities - Collectors and collecting -
France - History- 16th century. 4. Antiquarians - France -
History - 16th century.
I. Title
709 .3 '7'07 444-dc23
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Cooper, Richard, 194 7 -
Roman antiquities in Renaissance F ranee, 1515-65 / by Richard Anthony Cooper.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4094-5265-2 (hardcover) - ISBN 978-1-4094-5266-9 ( ebook) - ISBN 978-1-
4 724-0040-6 ( epub) 1. French literature - 16th century - History and criticism. 2. Collectors
and collecting - France - History- 16th century. 3. French literature - Roman influences. 4.
France -Antiquities, Roman. I. Title.
PQ239.C677 2013
840.9'003 - dc23
2013004319
ISBN 9781409452652 (hbk)
ISBN 9781315606828 (ebk)
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
1 Early Antiquarian Taste, 1500-1530 7
2 French Diplomats in Italy, 1530-50 43
3 French Diplomats in Italy, 1550-60 85
4 Collections at Court 127
5 French Artists in Italy, 1530-65 169
6 Antiquarian Art 213
7 Triumphal Entries, 153 1-65 245
8 Fiction and the Antique 283
9 The Poetry of Ruins 323
Conclusion 371
s
Appendix: The Catalogues of Jean Du Bellay Collection 377
Bibliography 383
Index 427
List of Illustrations
1 Pantheon, engraved by Nicolas Beatrizet, published by Lafrery (1549)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 13
2 Statue courtyard of the Palazzo Della Valle-Capranica, Rome, engraving
published by Hieronymus Cock after Maarten van Heemskerck (1553)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 17
3 Oil portrait of cardinal Jean Du Bellay [Musee de Versailles:
© Reunion des musees nationaux] 45
4 Oil portrait of Georges d'Armagnac and his secretary Guillaume
Philandrier, after Titian (c. 1540) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 55
5 Du Perac's engraving (1575) of the Forum, showing S. Adriano
and the Arch of Septimius Severns [in T. Ashby, Topographical study in
Rome in 1581, London, Roxburghe Club, 1916: by permission of the
Warden and Fellows, New College] 64
6 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of a composite statue
in the Horti Bellaiani in his Pars Romance urbis topographice,
Frankfurt, T. de Bry (1597-1602), IV, no 120 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg]. 73
7 Engraving of the exedra of the Baths of Diocletian by
G.B. de' Cavalieri after G.A. Dosio (1569) [© Trustees of the British
Museum] 94
8 View of the Horti Bellaiani by Etienne Du Perac (1577) [in T. Ashby,
Topographical study in Rome in 1581, London, Roxburghe Club, 1916:
by permission of the Warden and Fellows, New College] 98
9 Pirro Ligorio's reconstruction of the Baths ofDiocletian engraved by
Ambrogio Brambilla (1582) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 100
10 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of a female statue in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, Frankfurt, T. de Bry,
1597-1602, IV, n° 122 [© Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 103
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11 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of a relief in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, IV, no 130 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 104
12 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of a relief in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, IV, no 131 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 105
13 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of inscriptions in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, III, no 87 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 106
14 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of gravestones in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, IV, n° 129 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 108
15 Jean-Jacques Boissard's engraving of a relief in Jean Du Bellay's
collection, in his Pars Romance urbis topographice, IV, n° 128 [©
Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 110
16 View of the Horti Bellaiani by Giacomo Lauro, in his
Antiquce Urbis Splendor, Rome, 1612, fig. 134
[© Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg] 125
17 Drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck (c. 1532-33) of statues in the
Belvedere courtyard [© Trustees of the British Museum]. 137
18 Engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet, published by Antoine Lafrery
(1545-70), of Nile in the papal collection, copied by Primaticcio
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 138
19 Engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet, published by Antoine Lafrery
(1545-70), of Laocoon in the papal collection, copied by Primaticcio
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 139
20 Drawing from the diary of Arnold Van Buchel of Primaticcio 's
copies of Tiber and a Sphinx, seen in Fontainebleau in 1585-86
[© Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, ms. 798 I, fo 195vo] 143
21 Engraving by Etienne Delaune after Jean Delaune (1580) of an
Allegory of the Triumph of Time, set amidst ancient ruins,
featuring the statues of Tiber and Laocoon [© Trustees of the
British Museum] 151
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22 The Mausoleum at Glanum drawn by Du Cerceau [Musee Conde,
Chantilly, ms. 395, fo 17: © Reunion des musees nationaux] 189
23 Engraving ofMarforio, published in Rome by Antoine Lafrery (1550)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 196
24 Engraving of three columns from the Temple of the Dioscuri with a
view of the Forum, published by Antoine Lafrery (1550) [© Trustees of
the British Museum] 198
25 Engraving of the Antonine Column and a fragmentary obelisk,
published by Antoine Lafrery (1544-77) [© Trustees of the
British Museum] 199
26 Engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet of the equestrian statue of
Marcus Aurelius, published by Antoine Lafrery ( 1548)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 201
27 Drawing in brown ink and brown wash by Jean Cousin (I) of children
playing amongst ruins [Louvre: © Reunion des musees nationaux] 217
28 Etching by Leon Davent of a classical city in flames (1547-50)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 226
29 Etching by Jean Mignon after Luca Penni of the plundering of Troy
(1544--45) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 226
30 Drawing by Niccolo dell' Abate of the Funeral ofMausolus of
Halicamassus (1562-71) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 227
31 Drawing by Jean Cousin (I) of a pastoral landscape with
putti and classical ruins [© Trustees of the British Museum] 232
32 Engraving by Jean de Gourmont I of Laocoon in a
landscape of ruins (1520--40) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 235
33 Drawing by Jean Cousin (II) of the Entombment of Christ
in a landscape of ruins (1540-80) [© Trustees of the
British Museum] 240
34 Engraving by Jean de Gourmont I of Samson wrestling the lion, in a
landscape of ruins (1520--40) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 242
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35 Map ofNimes from Jean Poldo d' Albenas, Discours historial
de !'antique cite de Nismes (1560) [in H. Baudrier, Bibliographie
lyonnaise, Lyon, L. Brun, 1891-1925] 253
36 School of Mantegna, engraving of the Triumph of Ccesar, with
three elephants (1470-1500) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 263
37 Woodcut of elephants from entry of Henri II to Rouen (1550)
[e d. Rouen, 1885] 264
38 Obelisk from the entry of Henri II to Lyon (1548)
[e d. G. Guigue, Lyon, 1927] 266
39 Double arch from the entry of Henri II to Lyon (1548)
[e d. G. Guigue, Lyon, 1927] 270
40 Triumphal arch from the entry of Henri II to Lyon ( 1548)
[e d. G. Guigue, Lyon, 1927] 275
41 Ruinscape from Colonna, Hypnerotomachie ou Discours
du Songe de Poliphile (Paris, 1546) [ed. B. Guegan, Paris,
Payot, 1926] 300
42 Ruinscape from Colonna, Hypnerotomachie ou Discours
du Songe de Poliphile (Paris, 1546) [e d. B. Guegan, Paris,
Payot, 1926] 301
43 Engraving ofVatican obelisk, published by Lafrery (1545-50)
[© Trustees of the British Museum] 305
44 View of the via Sacra though the Forum: engraving by
G.B. de' Cavalieri after G.A. Dosio (1569) [© Trustees
of the British Museum] 311
45 Engraving by G. Bonasone (1547) of Pasquino in a boat
and Marforio reclining in the Forum[© Trustees of the
British Museum] 314
46 Pen and brown ink drawing by Jean de Gourmont I of the Triumph of
Bacchus in a temple (1520-30) [© Trustees of the British Museum]
319
47 Du Cerceau, drawing in black ink on vellum of the courtyard
of Saint-Maur (c. 1570) [© Trustees of the British Museum] 332
