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* Giocondo Albertolli Bedano 1742 - 1839 Milan
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Description
- Giocondo Albertolli
- an ornamental design with an eagle and a snake within a crown of laurel leaves
signed in pencil: Giocondo Albertolli
pen and gray ink and wash
Catalogue Note
In this ornamental design, the eagle and the serpent represent an allegory of Good Government. It is related to plate XI in Albertolli's publication of 1796, Miscellanea per i gioveni studiosi di disegno, a manual which he prepared for the students of the Scuola di Ornato of Brera (see E. Colle, Giocondo Albertolli: I repertori d' ornato, Milan 2002, p. 39, no.35). In 1775 Albertolli, who came from a family of artist decorators, moved to Milan to became a professor of ornament and design at the Accademia of Brera.