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787Ambitions
as a Publisher
– a series of the Roman Emperors, their consorts and other relatives illustrat-
ed by their coins (Index sive catalogus, item 49)
– the seven volumes of inscriptions (item 3)
– Strada’s collection of descriptions of all ancient coins he had studied
(item
4), accompanied by another voluminous volume of numismatic draw-
ings of all ancient rulers, including those of Rome (item 5)
– the battle order of the Romans and their castrametatio according to Poly-
bius (item 12);
– Photius’ Biblioteca (item 21)
– the expanded Latin edition of Leandro Alberti’s Description of Italy
(item
44)
– an edition of Wolfgang Lazius twelve books of comments on the history of
the Provinces of the Roman Empire (item 46)
– and finally the biography of the Emperor Charles v illustrated by a huge
number of coins and medals documenting his reign (item 18).135
When Strada again offered his house for sale two years later, he explained that
it was inconvenient for him to live in Vienna, because he had a task in hand
which took up much of his time, for a prolonged period. It seems reasonable
to assume that he referred to a planned absence in Nuremberg or Frankfurt to
work on his books, to have their illustrations engraved, and to manage their
printing, though it is not known whether he did in fact leave Vienna.136
To raise the necessary funds for his projects Strada remained eager to con-
vert at least some of his possessions in ready cash. Thus his contacts in early
summer of 1585 with Václav Březan, the archivist, librarian and historiogra-
pher of the Rožmberk family, indicates that he made a last effort to sell part of
his collection to his old patron.137 When this attempt miscarried, he asked the
Landmarschall (Lord-lieutenant) of Lower Austria, Hans Wilhelm von Roggen-
dorf, to offer his house and his collections for sale to the members of the local
135 The descriptions do not always match those in the Index exactly. The most interest-
ing item in the privilege is the A.A.A. numismatωn ΔΙAΣΚΕΝΗΝ, hoc est Chaldaeorum,
Arabum, Lybicorum, Graecorum, Hetruscorum ac Macedoniae, Asiae, Syriae, Aegypti, Sycu-
lorum, Latinorum seu Romanroum regum a primordio urbis, dein consulum<…>tam sub
caesaribus<…>imperatoribus<…>metallicarum iconum explicationum, the title and de-
scription of which largely corresponds to Strada’s manuscripts volumes of coin descrip-
tions, sets of which are preserved in Vienna and Prague.
136 Strada’s request of 3 December 1586 to the Landmarschall of Lower Austria: ‘weillen mir
aber andere gelegenhait fürfallen, das ich alhie zue wonnen mir ungelegensamb ist, dann
ich ain werckh underhandten, darzue ich vill und lange zeit bedarff’ (Doc. 1586-03-12). His
departure may have been conditional on the sale of the house, which did not materialize,
or another financial windfall.
137 For (the concept of) the letter by Březan, see Doc. 1585-06-02.
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
The Antique as Innovation, Band 2
- Titel
- Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
- Untertitel
- The Antique as Innovation
- Band
- 2
- Autor
- Dirk Jacob Jansen
- Verlag
- Brill
- Ort
- Leiden
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-35949-9
- Abmessungen
- 15.8 x 24.1 cm
- Seiten
- 542
- Kategorien
- Biographien
- Kunst und Kultur
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547
- 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