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Otto Prints
The Otto prints are a group of small 15th-century engravings made in Florence in the Old master print#Florence, Fine Manner style. Between 24 and slightly over 40 prints are usually included in the group, depending on the scholar. Most are only known in a single surviving impression (copy), despite many showing clear signs of wear and reworking of the plate. They are often rather tentatively attributed to Baccio Baldini or his workshop, and dated to c. 1465–80. A few are "clearly by different hands" from the rest. Unusually, they are all circular or oval, and their mostly secular subjects often feature themes of love, romance and courtship. Cherubs or putti feature in many, and there are some rather vague allegory, allegories. Many have elaborate borders of fruit, and sometimes figures. Hunting is another subject, and there are a few religious figures. They are probably designed to appeal to female tastes, unlike most secular art of the period, and "reveal a Renaissance voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto P9 (cropped)
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century ( Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was ''auda-'' (as in e.g. '' Audaþius''), the Anglo-Saxon form was ''ead-'' (as in e.g. '' Eadmund''), and the Old Norse form was '' auð-''. Due to Otto von Bismarck, the given name ''Otto'' was strongly associated with the German Empire in the later 19th century. It was comparatively frequently given in the United States (presumably in German American families) during the 1880s to 1890s, remaining in the top 100 most popular masculine given names in the US throughout 1880–1898, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
