People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
- Gatti, Oliviero, 1579-approximately 1648?
- Date:
- [1614]
- Reference:
- 47111i
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Also known as: Arbor augustiniana
Description
The ensemble of twelve prints forms a whole representing the saints and the blessed members of the Augustinian Order, and representatives of the other Orders, Confraternities and Chivalric Orders which follow the Rule of Saint Augustine. It may have been created, as Stivani suggests, to enable the diffusion of the image of the Order to all the more important Augustinian convents. An example of such diffusion is a pair of large paintings from the Convento de São João Novo in Porto, in which Gatti's designs are adapted to a new context (Pontes Santos, op. cit.)
Publication/Creation
[Bologna?] : [publisher not identified], [1614]
Physical description
12 prints : engraving ; sheets approximately 40.2 x 51.5 cm
Lettering
Mysticae Augustinensis Eremi sacrum gloriae decorisq. theatrum
Edition
Stivani's state I of 2: bears stemmata of and dedication to Pope Paul V and King Philip III of Spain (1614), rather than to Pope Innocent XI and King Charles II of Spain (1678).
References note
A. Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Nieuwkoop 1982, vol. 19, p. 7, Gatti no. 31 ("L'arbre de l'ordre des hermites de St Augustin, où sont représentés tous les illustres personnages que cet ordre a produit, de même que toutes ses différentes filiations, en une grande pièce composée de douze planches sur l'une desquelles on lit à la gauche d'en bas: Oliverius Gattus placentinus delineavit et sculpsit 1614")
G.G. Bertelà, Incisioni bolognesi ed emiliani del sec. XVII, Bologna 1973, nos. 615-700
The illustrated Bartsch, vol. 41, New York: Abaris Books, 1981, p. 33, Gatti no. 31 (as "The tree of the Augustinian order of hermits")
Eros Stivani, 'Oliviero Gatti e l'Arbor agostiniano', Strenna storica Bolognese, 2003, 53: 353-367
Carlos Alonso, 'La aprobación del culto inmemorial y de los textos litúrgicos del Beato Simón de Casia', in Carolin Oser-Grote (ed.), Simon Fidati von Cascia OESA: Augustinische Theologie und Philosophie im späten Mittelalter, Würzburg: Echter Verlag 2006, pp. 403-415 (404, 408, "Que el autor es Oliviero Gatti aparece en la tabla n. 10 ... una immensa incisión de 180 centimetros de largo por 150 de alto, articulada en 13 tablas ensambladas entre sí formando un todo")
Ana Rita Pontes Santos, '(In)Visibilidade na representação da Árvore dos Agostinhos da Igreja de São João Novo (Porto) – Uma leitura artística e iconográfica dos dois painéis do século XVII', Dissertação realizada no âmbito do Mestrado em História da Arte Portuguesa, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2016
Notes
Stivani lists six sets known to him: 1. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (as described by Bartsch); 2. Sacristy of S. Pietro Apostolo in Fidenza; 3. S. Agostino in Naro, province of Agrigento; 4. Archivio Generale Agostiniano, convent of S. Monica, Roma (incomplete); 5. S. Rita delle Monache, Cascia; 6. Archivio della Provincia Picena dell'Ordine di S. Agostino
Reference
Wellcome Collection 47111i
Creator/production credits
On no. 11, the designers of the set are named as Marc Antonio Viani and Paul Vadovita or Vadovida. They are described by Crusenius and Lanterus as "Fr. Marcus Viani Bononiensis, et Paulus Vadovita Polonus, anno 1614 imprimi fecerunt Arborem Augustinianam cum iconibus, et elogiis Sanctorum, et Beatorum Ordinis." (N. Crusenius, Pars tertia Monastici Augustiniani completens epitomen historicam FF. augustinensium a magna unione usque ad an. 1620, cum additamentis Rev.mi P. M. Fr. Josephi Lanteri, 1890-1903)
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Holdings
- ten prints (nos. 6 and 10 not found)
Where to find it
no. 1
Location Status Access Closed storesno. 2
Location Status Access Closed storesno. 3
Location Status Access Closed storesno. 4
Location Status Access Closed storesno. 5
Location Status Access Closed stores