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Giovanni Pietro da Birago, artist
Italian, 1470 - 1513
Ornamental Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments, from a series of twelve ornamental panels, circa 1505 - 1515
Engraving
52.7 x 8.4 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1986.1.360

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Artist Biography: Miniaturist, engraver, and priest; active (mostly in Sforza court, Milan) from 1470's to ca. 1513. Appears in Hind as the Master of the Sforza Book of Hours, after the prayer book of Bona Sforza which he illuminated. Some of his prints were at one time attributed to Zoan Andrea, who was probably his collaborator. ~~Reference: Hind, Arthur. Early Italian Engravings. London: 1938-48.~Levenson, Jay, K. Oberhuber, and J. Sheehan. Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington: 1973~Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre-graveur. Vol 13. W¸rzburg: 1920. (under Zoan Andrea)~Zucker, Mark. Early Italian Masters. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 25. New York: 1980: Abaris Books. (under Zoan Andrea)~

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