Giovanni Andrea Vavassore
Giovanni Andrea Vavassore was a highly active printmaker and publisher during the early 16th century, documented as working between 1510 and 1530. His output focuses heavily on published books and individual prints, reflecting the growing demand for reproducible imagery in the Renaissance era.
Vavassore is known to have produced a variety of works, including detailed portraiture, as seen in Portret van Titus Livius, and complex topographical and genre scenes, exemplified by Inwoners van Corfu in gesprek op plein. A significant portion of his documented works are pattern books and instructional texts, notably the multi-page volume Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi, which includes detailed pages such as page 10 (recto) and page 10 (verso).
His historical importance is established by the presence of his material in major international institutions. Today, a collection of 13 books and 2 Giovanni Andrea Vavassore prints are represented in museum collections, including the Rijksmuseum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These museum-quality works provide essential documentation of early 16th-century publishing and printmaking practices.
