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Ercole Bazzicaluva (Pisa c.1610-?)
Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1697) spends few words about the biography of Ercole Bazzicaluva: son of Alessandro Bazzicalue,"quartiermastro" during the Barberini war, "cameriere" for the Innsbruck Archduke, "castellano" of the old fortress in Livorno and then of the fortress in Pisa1.
1F. Baldinucci, 1681-1728, IV, p.141-142;
.1633
Bazzicaluva drew the "View of the Arno with the Ambrogiana villa" now in the Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence1.
1M. Chiarini, 1973, p.37.
.1638
Bazzicaluva etched a series of 12 landcsape prints dedicated to the Grand Duke of Tuscany: "pochi e finti paesi"1.
1A. Bartsch, xx, p.41.
.1641
Bazzicaluva etched a series of four prints representing military scenes1. He also illustrated the poem "Le Pazzie de' Savi, ovvero Il Lambertaccio" of Bartolomeo Bocchini (1604-1648/53)26
1A. Bartsch, xx, p.41; 2E. Meaume, 1852-1859, p.559-561.
.Undated
An engraving representing St. Sebastian (inscribed "S.Sebastiano ora pro nobis; Ercholo")1. A series of six hunting etchings dedicated to Alessandro Visconti2. An unsigned hunting print, attributed by E. Meaume3. Two etchings represnting marine landscapes4. The etching "Triumphal procession of three cars in the square St. Nicolo' in Pisa"5. The unsigned etching "Entrance into the monastery", attributed by E. Meaume6. A round landscape etching, attributed by A. Bartsch7.
1E. Meaume, 1852-1859, p.549; 2E. Meaume, 1852-1859, p.559-561, 3E. Meaume, 1852-1859, p.553; 4A. Negro Spina, 1983, pp.188-189; 5A. Bartsch, xx, p.42; 6E. Meaume, 1852-1859, II, p.555; 7A. Bartsch, xx, p.42.
Bibliography
-Filippo Baldinucci, Notizie de' professsori del disegno da Cimabue in qua, ed. 1845-1847, Florence, 1681-1728.
-Adam Bartsch, Le Peintre graveur, Vienna, 1803-1821.
-Edouard Meaume, Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot, Nancy, ed 1860, 1852-1859.
-Marco Charini, Mostra di disegni italiani di paesaggio del Seicento e del Settecento, Florence, 1973.
-Annamaria Negro Spina, Giulio Parigi e gli incisori della sua cerchia, Naples, 1983.
Additional bibliography
-Marco Charini, I disegni italiani di paesaggio dal 1600 al 1750, Treviso, 1972.
-Alessandra Baroni, A scuola d’incisione da Giulio Parigi: Cantagallina e altri, in "Paragone", 84-85, pp. 88-93, 2009.
