BINDING FORGERY--JONI, Icilio Federico (b.1865/66), binder.] Two painted binding panels on wood, one with silver panel inset. [Italy, late 19th-century].
BINDING FORGERY--JONI, Icilio Federico (b.1865/66), binder.] Two painted binding panels on wood, one with silver panel inset. [Italy, late 19th-century]. These panels are late-19th-century forgeries by Ilicio Federico Joni of so-called Sienese Tavolette di Biccherna, which were produced for accounts from the 13th to the 17th century. Each approximately 390 x 275 mm. Painted 'tavolette' book covers in Biccherna style, front cover with central altar-shaped relief panel in silver, containing scenes from the life of Christ including the Adoration of the Magi, the Annunciation, and other scenes from the life of Christ, upper rondel showing the Deposition from the Cross; the rear cover painted with a standing portrait of a male Saint in courtly attire holding a sword and arrow, both on gold grounds, 4 metal bosses on each side, probably by Icilio Federico Joni (rear panel cracked vertically, covers bowed, some flaking and chipping at edges); framed and within glazed shadow box. Joni was a Sienese painter and restorer who produced imitations of the wooden panel bindings ( tavolette della biccherna ) used to cover the accounts of Siena from the middle of the 13th to the end of the 17th centuries. By his own admission, he never visited the city archives to inspect the originals, and his bindings are in fact anachronistic. From 1459 the accounts were bound in leather, yet Joni gave his bindings dates post-1459. While he sold a number of his imitations as medieval and Renaissance originals, he openly described his forgery work in his autobiography ( Le Memorie di un pittore di Quadri Antichi , 1932, English trans. 1936). Joni bindings -- undetected -- have graced some of the greatest book collections, including those of Hoe and Wilmerding. Even recognised as imitations, they had great cachet, as the commission by Lady Wantage for a binding in 1904 demonstrates. At least 14 examples of Joni's work are recorded and more are in circulation. See H.M. Nixon, 'Binding Forgeries,' Transactions of the VIth International Congress of Bibliophiles, 1969 , Vienna, 1971, pp. 69-83; and M. Foot, 'A Pair of Bookcovers of the late 19th Century by I.F. Joni, The Book Collector , 1985, pp. 488-489.
BINDING FORGERY--JONI, Icilio Federico (b.1865/66), binder.] Two painted binding panels on wood, one with silver panel inset. [Italy, late 19th-century].
BINDING FORGERY--JONI, Icilio Federico (b.1865/66), binder.] Two painted binding panels on wood, one with silver panel inset. [Italy, late 19th-century]. These panels are late-19th-century forgeries by Ilicio Federico Joni of so-called Sienese Tavolette di Biccherna, which were produced for accounts from the 13th to the 17th century. Each approximately 390 x 275 mm. Painted 'tavolette' book covers in Biccherna style, front cover with central altar-shaped relief panel in silver, containing scenes from the life of Christ including the Adoration of the Magi, the Annunciation, and other scenes from the life of Christ, upper rondel showing the Deposition from the Cross; the rear cover painted with a standing portrait of a male Saint in courtly attire holding a sword and arrow, both on gold grounds, 4 metal bosses on each side, probably by Icilio Federico Joni (rear panel cracked vertically, covers bowed, some flaking and chipping at edges); framed and within glazed shadow box. Joni was a Sienese painter and restorer who produced imitations of the wooden panel bindings ( tavolette della biccherna ) used to cover the accounts of Siena from the middle of the 13th to the end of the 17th centuries. By his own admission, he never visited the city archives to inspect the originals, and his bindings are in fact anachronistic. From 1459 the accounts were bound in leather, yet Joni gave his bindings dates post-1459. While he sold a number of his imitations as medieval and Renaissance originals, he openly described his forgery work in his autobiography ( Le Memorie di un pittore di Quadri Antichi , 1932, English trans. 1936). Joni bindings -- undetected -- have graced some of the greatest book collections, including those of Hoe and Wilmerding. Even recognised as imitations, they had great cachet, as the commission by Lady Wantage for a binding in 1904 demonstrates. At least 14 examples of Joni's work are recorded and more are in circulation. See H.M. Nixon, 'Binding Forgeries,' Transactions of the VIth International Congress of Bibliophiles, 1969 , Vienna, 1971, pp. 69-83; and M. Foot, 'A Pair of Bookcovers of the late 19th Century by I.F. Joni, The Book Collector , 1985, pp. 488-489.
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen![BINDING FORGERY--JONI, Icilio Federico (b1865/66), binder] ...](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12262_0075_000(binding_forgery--joni_icilio_federico_binder_two_painted_binding_panel).jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg?height=400 "Quelle: Christie's")
