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PONTIFICUM MAXÏMORUM XXVII EFFIGIES
(1572)
After Philippe Soye
29 engravings
This series of portraits of popes is an adaptation of XXVII
Potiliftcorum maximomm, written by Onofrio Panvinio
(1529-1568) and first published in 1568 by the Roman
publisher Antonio Lafreri, In Laireri's original edition the
engravings were cut by Philippe Soye' Galle B
s engravings
are copies in reverse.
According to Philips Galle's introduction, set m letterpress
on the verso the title page (page AÍ),all the portraits were
engraved by himself The quality of the engravings vary,
some could certainly have been done by Galle, others are
somewhat cruder and are more likely to have been made
in his workshop,After the tide page (AÍ recto) and Gallc's
introduction (AÍ verso) follows a three page letterpress
introduction by Onofrio Panvinio, dated Rome January
1568 and dedicated toAlberico Cybo Malaspina (A2 recto
and verso, A 3 recto) .This seems to have been taken direct­
ly from Lafreri s
s original Roman edition. On A3 verso is
printed a letterpress text accompanying the first portrait
(Urban VI, A4 recto), dien follow consequentially on the
left page a text in letterpress and on the right page the
corresponding engraving.
The series seems to be rather rare, as yet only two sets of
engravings arc known (both in the Koninklijke
Bibliotheek Albert I in Brussels). Each of these bound
books has a different version of the last portrait, pope Pius
V (nos. 28a and b) .In the last decade of the sixteenth- and
the first of the seventeenth century Philips Galle pub­
lished at least four more portraits of reigning popes, these
are here described as nos. adl~ad4,
Lit,:
Belgica lypographica, vol. I, p. 91, no. 1214
Copies:
Bressels (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, Brussel,
Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles, complete
series, with the first version of Pius V, no. 28a), Brussels
(Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, Brussel; Bibliothèque
RoyaleAlbert Ier,Bruxelles,complete series,with the sec­
ond version of Pius V, no. 28b)
Appendix 2 F
296
1
TITLE PAGE
17.5 x 12.6 cm.
At centre, in cartouche: "PONTIFICUM/ MAXIMU/
NUMER./ XXVII EFFIGIES/ AD VIVUM/ TYPIS
AENEIS EX/ ROMANO PROTTYPO/ EXPRES-
SAE/ PHILLIPI GALLEI/ARTIFICIO/ANTVERPI-
AE/ 1572" (twelve lines).
The inscription is engraved in a cartouche which is set in
an ornamental border. Verso, in letterpress, is an intro­
duction by Philips Galle: "Philippus Galleus/ Pkturae et
historiae/ studiosis, S./ Pontificum septem et viginti, qui
a restitutae picturae mi-/ tils ad nostram usque aetatem
Ecclesiae praefuerunt, Imagi-/ nes ad vivum dclineatas,
in vestram gratiarn ex Romano pro-/ totypo nostra stylo
expressimus,adiuncta etiam brevi singu-/ lorum Historia.
Speramus autem opus Ipsum mm artis elegan-/tia Imlta-
tionis fide, rum precij facilitate, vobis esse proban-/ dum:
quod si connngat, plura etiam non minus utilla et grata/
quam nova, quae contento studio mollmur vestris usibus/
commoda futura, propediem edemus valete et/ honestis
homxneqne digms rebus ffuimrm," (thirteen lines).
2
URBAN VI
16.0 x 12.1 cm.
Underneath portrait,in cartouche: "URBANUSVI PAPA
NEAPOLITANUS".
UrbanVI (1378-89).The portrait is In profile to die left;
In the upper left corner is a coat of arms.