Seascape with ship
DEEST AVRA PARATO
| Catalogue ID | 1.40b |
|---|---|
| Artist | Master of the Roman Songbook (1650-1660); Domenico Jacovacci (1604-1661) |
| Object type | drawing |
| Date | [1621] 1655 |
| Collection | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome) |
| Inv. no. | I-RVat Ott.lat.2548; 7r |
| Tech. / support | brown ink, paper, pen |
| Subject | 25H23 — sea (seascape) 26C — winds 46A122 — armorial bearing, heraldry 46C24 — sailing-ship, sailing-boat |
Motto: DEEST AVRA PARATO Even for those who are prepared, sometimes an essential element is missing (such as 'favor' or the 'breeze' that drives progress). This phrase could be a reflection or aphorism suggesting that being ready is not always enough without the positive influence of circumstances or luck. Date added in brown ink; motto also; four winds with familiar faces, see the Berlin larger drawing on parchment.
REPERTORII DI FAMIGLIE DI DOMINICO IACOVACCI CAVALIERO DELL'ABBITO DI CALATRAVE TOMO I. LETTERE. A. B.
No musical work linked.
Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025
Deriu, Elisabetta. BibliothEques: Equestria Delle Famiglie Barberini, Borghese, Chigi, Salviati e Del Fondo Urbinate Latino. 2023.
Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara. Domenico Jacovacci: collezionista e maestro delle strade nella Roma berniniana. Gangemi, 2017. (p. 20)
Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara. “La Decorazione Dei Manoscritti Di Domenico Jacovacci Nel Fondo Ottoboniano Latino Della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.” Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae, vol. XXII, 2015, pp. 373-431. (p. 405)
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