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789Ambitions
as a Publisher
a letter of June 1590 to ‘la mia lite che tengo qui a Vienna contra mio fratello’,
which had caused him to come to Vienna.142
In view of Ottavio’s trusted relationship with Emperor Rudolf ii, of his
daughter Anna Maria’s liaison with Rudolf, and doubtless also because of the
eccentricity of Strada’s testament, it is not surprising that the litigation was
resolved in an agreement between Ottavio and his siblings which granted him
a much more considerable share than his father had allotted to him.143 This
share even included manuscripts included in the Index sive catalogus, since
shortly after his return to Prague Ottavio offered two of these, the beautiful
Bible in Arabic, and the stupendous Koran written in golden script, to Grand
Duke Ferdinando i of Tuscany, supplying some additional information on their
provenance. Likewise the Series of Roman Emperors and Empresses offered to
Ferdinando may well have been the original manuscript of item 49 of the Index
sive catalogus.144 To Duke Alfonso ii of Ferrara Ottavio offered a manuscript of
the Genealogy of the House of Austria, which he claimed had been finished by
his father only two months before his death.145 In January Ottavio presented
142 Ottavio Strada to Ferdinando i, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Vienna 17 June 1590 (asf, Medici
del Principato 817, f. 72).
143 The copy of the testament preserved in önb-hs, Cod. 8079) carries a note ‘die Vergleic-
hung der Bruedern und Schwestern vide in S<eguito?>’. Unfortunately that document has
not been preserved.
144 Ottavio Strada to Belisario Vinta, secretary of Grand Duke Ferdinando i of Tuscany,
Prague 20 October 1590: ‘A presso gli do aviso come ho portato meco da Vienna in qua una
Bibia Araba in folio scritto a mano et un Alcorano medesimamente scritto d’lettere d’oro
in Arabo, che dui simil libri mai siano venuti di simil qualita in questi parti<…>Mio padre
bona memoria sempre ha ricercato di haver nel suo studio qualche cosa non comuna, et
con gran faticha et spesa a messo insieme simil cose. La Bibia a costato in Constantinop-
oli 50 ducati; per signale il Exc. Carlo Rim, ambassiador di S.M.C. compro tal libro a nome
di mio padre. Del Alcorano non so il pretio; Sua Altezza segli piacevano me dia quello
che vuole, saro contento’. (asf, Medici del Principato 822, f. 885). Idem, Prague 6 Decem-
ber 1588 (asf, Medici del Principato 810, fol. 129:): ‘Il mio padre ha lassiato un bellissimo
studio, con belissimi libri scritti de Antiquita et Medaglie, et fra la altri ha descritto una
Continuata Series de Imperadori, della loro vita et gesti, cominciando da Julio Ces[are]
insino al Imperador presente, et posti le loro medaglie a quelli che si poteva trovare, per
avanti da niuno mai stato tal faticha, et essendo la ultima opera da lui fatta, et ancora da
niuna vista’.
145 Ottavio to the Duke of Ferrara, Doc. 1588-09-26: ‘Ha fatto fra le altre opere sue, un ar-
bore della Geonologia [sic] del origine della Casa de Austria, et ridotto in un libro della
medesima grandezza come quello che mandai a V.A.S. et ha posti le arme loro in tempo
in tempo come solevano portare, con li ritratti loro, et in chi sonni stati maritati, cusÃ
anche delle donne, opera finita da lui dui mesi avanti che morse, et da niuna ancora visto,
s’ V.A.S. desiderara di vederla, comandi qui al S.or Florio, che io gli consignaro, et V.A. me
usara piacendoli l’opera, quella gratia che gli parera<…>’.
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
The Antique as Innovation, Volume 2
- Title
- Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
- Subtitle
- The Antique as Innovation
- Volume
- 2
- Author
- Dirk Jacob Jansen
- Publisher
- Brill
- Location
- Leiden
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-35949-9
- Size
- 15.8 x 24.1 cm
- Pages
- 542
- Categories
- Biographien
- Kunst und Kultur
Table of contents
- 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547
- 11.1 Strada’s House 547
- 11.2 High-ranking Visitors: Strada’s Guest Book and Ottavio’s Stammbuch 548
- 11.3 ‘Urbanissime Strada’: Accessibility of and Hospitality in the Musaeum 554
- 11.4 Intellectual Associates 556
- 11.5 Strada’s Confessional Position 566
- 11.6 Contacts with Members of the Dynasty 570
- 12 The Musaeum: its Contents 576
- 12.1 Introduction 576
- 12.2 Strada’s own Descriptions of his Musaeum 577
- 12.3 Strada’s Acquisitions for Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria 580
- 12.4 Strada’s own Cabinet of Antiquities 592
- 12.5 Acquisitions of Other Materials in Venice 599
- 12.6 Commissions in Mantua 610
- 12.7 ‘Gemalte Lustigen Tiecher’: Contemporary Painting in Strada’s Musaeum 615
- 12.8 Conclusion 628
- 13 Books, Prints and Drawings: The Musaeum as a centre of visualdocumentation 629
- 13.1 Introduction 629
- 13.2 Strada’s Acquisition of Drawings 630
- 13.3 ‘Owls to Athens’: Some Documents Relating to Strada’s GraphicCollection 634
- 13.4 The Contents of Strada’s Collection of Prints and Drawings 641
- 13.5 Later Fate of Strada’s Prints and Drawings 647
- 13.6 Drawings Preserved in a Context Linking Them withStrada 649
- 13.7 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Antiquity 673
- 13.8 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Contemporary Architecture and Decoration 692
- 13.9 Images as a Source of Knowledge 711
- 13.10 Conclusion 717
- 14 ‘Ex Musaeo et Impensis Jacobi Stradae, S.C.M. Antiquarius, CivisRomani’: Strada’s Frustrated Ambitions as a Publisher 719
- 14.1 Is There Life beyond the Court? 719
- 14.2 Strada’s Family 719
- 14.3 Ottavio Strada’s Role 725
- 14.4 The Publishing Project: Strada Ambitions as a Publisher 728
- 14.5 The Musaeum as an Editorial Office? 739
- 14.6 Financing the Programme 752
- 14.7 The Index Sive Catalogus 760
- 14.8 Strada’s Approach of Christophe Plantin 775
- 14.9 The Rupture with Ottavio 781
- 14.10 Strada’s Testamentary Disposition 783
- 14.11 Conclusion: The Aftermath 786
- 15 Le Cose dell’antichità : Strada as a Student of Antiquity 799
- 16 Strada & Co.: By Appointment to His Majesty the Emperor 830
- 16.1 Strada as an Imperial Antiquary and Architect 830
- 16.2 Strada’s Role as an Agent 836
- 16.3 Strada as an Independent Agent 840
- 16.4 ‘Ex Musaeo Iacobi de Strada’: Study, Studio, Workshop, Office, Showroom 843
- 16.5 Strada’s Influence: An Agent of Change 849
- 16.6 Conclusion: Strada’s Personality 863
- 16.7 Epilogue: Back to the Portrait 868
- Appendices 877
- Chronological List of Sources 915
- Bibliography 932
- List of Illustrations 986
- Index 1038