Tesino
Suggestive etching on paper producing area of \u200b\u200bGermany, eighteenth century
The caption in German , states: " Buy! Buy! .. or take away everything! "
from private collection, courtesy of the Blog
To better understand the climate of fierce competition and relentless in which they operate the "Print- Saints" in the European panorama featuring the eighteenth century, we must first well know the "status operandi" of the great dynasties of Printers Habsburgs, have long been in open warfare with our Remondini Bassano .
Their names are known and familiar to collectors of sacred images, echoed in the Augusta-old Avgvsta Vindelicorum , founded by the Romans in 15 BC in a thriving area of \u200b\u200bsouth-western Bavaria-authoritatively supported by facilities and privileges granted to them directly for their activities of producers of Santini and devotional images for the local market and Europe, directly from person of the Emperor. The letters on this beautiful devotional image of the Habsburg era come down to us " CPSCM" - standing in Latin for "Cum Privilege Sacrae Cesareae majestatis " or "With privilege (granted) by the Sacred Majesty the Emperor " , indicates unmistakably that more" protection " and the resulting associated with it privilege conferred all'Incisore in the press of its sacred images. nell'anno1753 Already, the work of Daniel Herz von Herzberg , was founded " Kayserlich Franciscische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste Freyen "-L 'Imperial Academy Franciscan Free of Arts and Sciences "which first received in Augusta, dated the 5 Luglio1755 , the unconditional protection of ' Emperor Leopold II of Habsburg-Lorraine for all its affiliates.
So it was creating a kind of real " Corporation" to protect its assets in common the need for major Engraving and Printing Images of German devotional period.
Among others, the first to join were the Klauber and Goz , which, likewise, were amongst the first and the most hardened to testify at the trial of our Remondini Bassano .
" Falsarij , counterfeiters, that is, so they came with acres formulas accusatory qualified Remondini the opening of the trial, which was held in the classrooms of the Court of Augsburg in the year 1766 .
Martin Engelbrecht, Johann Andreas Pfeffel were already in the early 1700s among the first to receive Engravers Habsburgs imperial privileges for the printing of the Saints of their production.
And bitter-even when conducted quietly in between authorizations penned by the hand-waving imperial almost in the shape of dangerous offensive weapons and huge quantities of various papers produced , was the struggle between the Habsburgs same printer, it seems that-at least fun to say! - were competing with mutual animosity exclusivity "to print Saints watercolor paintings and beautifully lighted by brilliant gold and silver " ... ... these characteristics, and have been highly appreciated in this beautifully devotional image of Remondini !.....
Throughout the eighteenth century, under pressure of individual printers and the same summentovata Corporation, annotations on annotations that were added by lawmakers to the Habsburgs Act which effectively regulate such activities, reaching strict prohibitions on copying from other "stakeholders Sacred et peculiarity "represented in devotional images, revealing, in the event of apparent violations that the Act (governing since the previous century this controversial matter), the possibility to get to impose the "forgers" proven guilty of this crime, high volumes of fines, confiscation and, in severe cases, even imprisonment .
The first signs of poisonous conflict between Habsburgs and Printers Remondini Giuseppe di Bassano del Grappa already started since the first half of the eighteenth century, the pulse and enthusiastic about " Kolporteur " or " Tesinern " , (definition by which were known at the time the German area)-the famous and beloved by me Tesini - the pay of the famous Bassano, who with constancy, tenacity and hard work of sacrifice and deprivation, since the second half of the seventeenth century is was well earned the largest portion at European and extra-territorial in the dissemination and sale of its Santini, competition was not only frowned upon and disliked the Bavarian Engravers, but they began to be implemented as a real, dangerous threat to their business , however, traditionally jealously exercised in its home territory for generations.
The years from 1750 to 1790 actually represented the golden age for the activity of Tesini , from ancient Valley Pieve, Belts and Castle in Trentino, laboriously from the original places of origin, passing through South Tyrol, Bavaria and extended to all regions of Germany, and from there, as already mentioned, around the whole of Europe and beyond.
initially present, usually, as a salesman all annual fairs and markets of Germany's most important, they saw, after the prohibition offices in the region, forced to participate in quality that no longer, but as a simple walking and perform strenuous sales door to door, or stationed painfully until the early hours of morning at churches and shrines pilgrimage destinations, always with a heavy shoulder bag, ready to flee at any moment. ... just like the modern " cumprà vu" .... Tesini poor!
unbiased and " Skrupelfrei "-ie, without the slightest scruple reprehensible-like down the Spamer - " disrespectful of regional laws and local policies, unfair competition, brash and confident, with the Habsburgs Engravers -" and again, adds: "... not only accontendandosi to tarnish the reputation of the most famous Designers and Engravers of devotional images of Augusta Vindelicorum, but even getting a copy shamelessly, without any regard and as a whole, all the features, cleverly erasing the name from the bottom and legitimate but leaving unchanged the wording of the imperial privilege granted, and illegally usurping no right "was so famous at the time branded Printer Remondini Joseph Bassano del Grappa . On January 3
dell'anno1741 the Artist-Engraver Joseph Habsburg Sieci , trained at the famous Bottega Philipp Jacob Rieg, who, because of serious economic difficulties signed an agreement with the Remondini getting a loan from them to put up a small printing shop in Augusta as a sign of solidarity with the insurgents Engravers, his illustrious countrymen, ipso facto rescinded the contract just signed.
Pursued through the streets of Augsburg by a handful of people, deliberately flushed out and hired between the fringes of the lowly populace , aizzatagli against the great voices of Engraving and caught by these angry with anything but for ways, ended up in court with their portfolios filled with Santini in the dock, facing severe and impassive Judges, the Tesini : Antonio Fabro, Charles Fang, the three brothers Joseph, and John the Baptist Fietta Melchiorre, Antonio, and Sebastian Buffa Zuanne .
The August 27 the year 1766, a process begun Tesino Joseph Fietta , faithful worker for years in the service of great Bassanesi, contained between the hilarity of the Judges and the explosion of violent rage Engravers-accusers present at the hearing, stated that: "The Remondiniani Santini had aroused the hatred of irreducible Engravers Habsburgs only for the great success which he received anywhere near the people, both for very low cost and beautiful bright colors used as well for highlighting details in the precious gold and silver .
Documentatamente, served by little, however, this heartfelt testimony of Joseph Fietta; judges solemnly Habsburgs and heavily labeling them as "counterfeiters " " copiers infamous" and " vile usurpers of the rights of others " Remondini condemned the confiscation of all sacred images resulting from various copy Busch, Engelbrecht, Grueber, Klauber , Frehling , Will , etc. imposing on them an exemplary, very heavy fine and ban from that moment to commit any of their sales activities in the city to extend that ban rigid Financo entire region of Bavaria.
In addition to the existing law was strictly imposed by that date the obligation to always indicate the Santino-print clearly the city-production: Avgvsta Vindelicorum, Warsaw, etc..
I Remondini -informs us always Spamer - did not seem to acknowledge the blow suffered too much, a little later, in fact, moved the faithful to their team Tesini, even more beautiful Santini loads of their production in thriving city of Oberhausen in Westphalia, where they now met the favor of people having a great dramatic and consensus-which, however, had already used all over Europe, mainly due to their make witty and roguish , who in every place that well-trod them knew how to attract the sympathy of the people all with sincere goodwill.
Paola Galanz
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