Jacopo Strada

Jacopo Strada (Mantua, 1507 – Prague 1588) was an Italian polymath courtier, painter, architect, goldsmith, inventor of machines, numismatist, linguist, collector, and merchant of works of art.^[2] His portrait by Titian has kept his image familiar.^[3]

^ The date of Strada's visit to Venice, and consequently the dates of his and his son's portraits, was established by Heinrich Zimmermann, "Zur richtigen Datierung eines Portraits von Tizian in der Wiener kaiserlichen Gemälde-Galerie", Mittheilungen des Institutes für österrreichische Geschichtsforschung 6 (1901:830-57).
^ For Strada's role as a merchant of works of art, see Dirk Jacob Jansen, "Jacopo Strada et le commerce d'art", Revue de l'art 77 (1987:11-21; John F, Hayward, "Jacopo Strada, XVIth century antique dealer, Art & Auction 1971-12 (1973:68-74).
^ His career at the court of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, is one of four selected as exemplars by Howard Louthan, The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna (Cambridge University Press) 1997. ISBN 978-0-521-58082-3.

[1] The date of Strada's visit to Venice, and consequently the dates of his and his son's portraits, was established by Heinrich Zimmermann, "Zur richtigen Datierung eines Portraits von Tizian in der Wiener kaiserlichen Gemälde-Galerie", Mittheilungen des Institutes für österrreichische Geschichtsforschung 6 (1901:830-57).

[2] For Strada's role as a merchant of works of art, see Dirk Jacob Jansen, "Jacopo Strada et le commerce d'art", Revue de l'art 77 (1987:11-21; John F, Hayward, "Jacopo Strada, XVIth century antique dealer, Art & Auction 1971-12 (1973:68-74).

[3] His career at the court of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, is one of four selected as exemplars by Howard Louthan, The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna (Cambridge University Press) 1997. ISBN 978-0-521-58082-3.

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