Issy Exhibition (until March 13, '22) Catalog
Posted: 09 Feb 2022, 08:01
I finally remembered to order the exhibition catalog to the current exhibition at the Issy museum, Tarots Enluminés: chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance Italienne, 2020-2021 . It came today, and it is a keeper. Lots of stuff I didn't know about.
For example, the Cary-Yale is attributed to Andrea Bembo, Bonifacio's older brother in Brescia, and the PMB 6 added cards to Franco de' Russi, 1465-1470. The Issy Chariot is attributed to a painter in Lombardy, along with the two Warsaw cards and another card from that deck that I haven't seen before. Long essays on the Charles VI (Ada Labriola attributing it to the workshop of Appolonio di Giovanni), the "Alessandro Sforza" (Emilia Maggio now attributing it to the workshop of Lo Scheggia rather than Apollonio, which she used to do), the Petrarch illuminations (by Labriola), the Bembo decks, and the other playing card-themed Lombard painters (both by Roberta Delmoro). It was nice to see that the Visconti-Savoy marriage theme for the CY Love card is still alive, for a deck said done "après 1441". I agree with both it and the other theory, Visconti-Pavia.
Also, the Rothschild cards are attributed to the workshop of Dal Ponte, although that was not new to me. The dating is closer to the truth than it has been; it used to be that Christine Fiorini held it to be early 1420s, while others the 1470s or later. I had guessed 1430-1435. Here it is 1435-1440, probably on the assumptions that it is a tarot and the tarot is no earlier than 1435. But I haven't read it yet.
And of course a fine essay on Marziano by our own Ross Caldwell.
The exhibition itself runs until March 13. On March 11 there will be an all-day colloquium featuring some of the main contributors to the catalog, including Ross. See https://www.museecarteajouer.com/les-expositions/. I presume it will be in French, or I'd inquire about whether there is a zoom option. None is mentioned on the website.
For example, the Cary-Yale is attributed to Andrea Bembo, Bonifacio's older brother in Brescia, and the PMB 6 added cards to Franco de' Russi, 1465-1470. The Issy Chariot is attributed to a painter in Lombardy, along with the two Warsaw cards and another card from that deck that I haven't seen before. Long essays on the Charles VI (Ada Labriola attributing it to the workshop of Appolonio di Giovanni), the "Alessandro Sforza" (Emilia Maggio now attributing it to the workshop of Lo Scheggia rather than Apollonio, which she used to do), the Petrarch illuminations (by Labriola), the Bembo decks, and the other playing card-themed Lombard painters (both by Roberta Delmoro). It was nice to see that the Visconti-Savoy marriage theme for the CY Love card is still alive, for a deck said done "après 1441". I agree with both it and the other theory, Visconti-Pavia.
Also, the Rothschild cards are attributed to the workshop of Dal Ponte, although that was not new to me. The dating is closer to the truth than it has been; it used to be that Christine Fiorini held it to be early 1420s, while others the 1470s or later. I had guessed 1430-1435. Here it is 1435-1440, probably on the assumptions that it is a tarot and the tarot is no earlier than 1435. But I haven't read it yet.
And of course a fine essay on Marziano by our own Ross Caldwell.
The exhibition itself runs until March 13. On March 11 there will be an all-day colloquium featuring some of the main contributors to the catalog, including Ross. See https://www.museecarteajouer.com/les-expositions/. I presume it will be in French, or I'd inquire about whether there is a zoom option. None is mentioned on the website.