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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Born at [[Molfetta]], the son of Flaminio Lupis and his wife Maria de Ceglia, both members of the local nobility. After completing his classical studies at the Episcopal Seminary of Molfetta, he moved to Venice, where he spent most of his life.{{sfn|Spera|2012|page=264}} He became close friends with Lorenzo Tiepolo, the prominent [[Venetian Senate|senator]], and with [[Giovanni Francesco Loredan]], founder of the [[Accademia degli Incogniti]], of which Lupis became a member.
Born at [[Molfetta]], the son of Flaminio Lupis and his wife Maria de Ceglia, both members of the local nobility. After completing his classical studies at the Episcopal Seminary of Molfetta, he moved to Venice, where he spent most of his life.{{sfn|Spera|2012|page=264}} He became close friends with Lorenzo Tiepolo, a powerful Venetian senator, and with [[Giovanni Francesco Loredan]], the founder of the [[Accademia degli Incogniti]], of which Lupis became a member.


Lupis was the author of several successful [[Historical fiction|historical novels]]. In 1660 he published ''La Faustina'', devoted to the life of the daughter of the Roman Emperor [[Antoninus Pius]]. In 1677 he published ''La Marchesa d'Hunsleij, overo l'Amazone scozzese'' ("The Marchioness of Huntly, or the Scottish Amazon"), a romanticised [[Hagiography|hagiographic]] biography of Lady Margaret Gordon, mother of the Scottish-born [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin friar]] [[John Forbes (friar)|John Forbes]] (1570/71–1606), that passed through eighteen printings before his death, and was reprinted as late as 1723.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge History of Italian Literature |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1996 |isbn=9780521434928 |editor-last1=Brand |editor-first1=Charles Peter |page=321 |editor-last2=Pertile |editor-first2=Lino |editor-link2=Lino Pertile}}</ref> Turned into a drama by the poet Francesco Petrobelli, it continued to hold the stage for more than a century.
Lupis was the author of several successful [[Historical fiction|historical novels]]. In 1660 he published ''La Faustina'', devoted to the life of the daughter of the Roman Emperor [[Antoninus Pius]]. In 1677 he published ''La Marchesa d'Hunsleij, overo l'Amazone scozzese'' ("The Marchioness of Huntly, or the Scottish Amazon"), a romanticised [[Hagiography|hagiographic]] biography of Lady Margaret Gordon, mother of the Scottish-born [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin friar]] [[John Forbes (friar)|John Forbes]] (1570/71–1606), that passed through eighteen printings before his death, and was reprinted as late as 1723.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge History of Italian Literature |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1996 |isbn=9780521434928 |editor-last1=Brand |editor-first1=Charles Peter |page=321 |editor-last2=Pertile |editor-first2=Lino |editor-link2=Lino Pertile}}</ref> Turned into a drama by the poet Francesco Petrobelli, it continued to hold the stage for more than a century.

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Antonio Lupis
Antonio Lupis
Born(1620-03-31)March 31, 1620
Molfetta, Kingdom of Naples
Died11 December 1700(1700-12-11) (aged 80)
Bergamo, Republic of Venice
Resting placeCapuchin Church, Bergamo
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Novelist
  • Intellectual
Parent(s)Flaminio Lupis and Maria Lupis (née de Ceglia)[1]
Writing career
LanguageItalian
Literary movement
Notable worksLa marchesa d'Hunsleij
L'eroina veneta

Antonio Lupis (31 March 1620 – 11 December 1700)[2] was a prolific Italian writer of the Baroque period.

Biography

Born at Molfetta, the son of Flaminio Lupis and his wife Maria de Ceglia, both members of the local nobility. After completing his classical studies at the Episcopal Seminary of Molfetta, he moved to Venice, where he spent most of his life.[3] He became close friends with Lorenzo Tiepolo, a powerful Venetian senator, and with Giovanni Francesco Loredan, the founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti, of which Lupis became a member.

Lupis was the author of several successful historical novels. In 1660 he published La Faustina, devoted to the life of the daughter of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. In 1677 he published La Marchesa d'Hunsleij, overo l'Amazone scozzese ("The Marchioness of Huntly, or the Scottish Amazon"), a romanticised hagiographic biography of Lady Margaret Gordon, mother of the Scottish-born Capuchin friar John Forbes (1570/71–1606), that passed through eighteen printings before his death, and was reprinted as late as 1723.[4] Turned into a drama by the poet Francesco Petrobelli, it continued to hold the stage for more than a century.

Some of his works turn upon moral reflections. He wrote a moralizing vita of his friend and patron Giovanni Francesco Loredano and a moral treatise titled Il Chiaro-oscuro di Pittura Morale.[5] Lupis is the author of L'eroina veneta (1689), one of the first and most important biographies of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to be awarded a higher university degree.

Several of his books, like Il Plico (1675), Il dispaccio di Mercurio (1681), La  segretaria morale (1687) and Pallade su le poste (1691), deal with artistic themes and give us interesting information about the painters and sculptors of his time. Of particular interest is a eulogy of his friend, the painter Evaristo Baschenis, written during the artist's lifetime and the letters sent to the sculptor Andrea Fantoni (1659-1734). A long letter sent to Luca Giordano documents the direct relationship between Lupis and the Neapolitan painter, whose "Passage of the Red Sea" in Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, he describes in a letter dating from 1687.[6] He was a great admirer and friend of the Swiss painter Ludovico David, who designed the frontispiece for Lupis' Corriere (1680).[7]

Partial anthology

  • La Faustina di Antonio Lupis, accademico incognito. Venezia: Francesco Valuasense. 1660.
  • Il postiglione di Antonio Lupis. Venice: Francesco Valvasense. 1662.
  • Vita Di Gio. Francesco Loredano Senator Veneto. Venice: Francesco Valuasense. 1663.
  • Scene della penna di Antonio Lupis. Accademico incognito. Venice: Valentino Mortali. 1664.
  • La valige smarrita di Antonio Lupis accademico incognito. Venice: Abondio Menafoglio. 1666.
  • Mastro di casa uniuersal della corte. Sotto titolo di Luigi Fedele consegrato alla serenissima altezza di Isabella Clara di Austria. Venice: Alessandro Zatta. 1666.
  • L'Annibale di Antonio Lupis accademico incognito. Bergamo: per li figliuoli di M. Ant. Rossi. 1667.
  • Il conte Francesco Martinengo nelle guerre della Prouenza, et altre attioni militari, ... descritte da Antonio Lupis. Bergamo: per li Figliuoli di Marc'Antonio Rossi. 1668.
  • Il serafino di Cantalice overo Vita del b. Felice cappuccino di Antonio Lupis. All'eminentiss. e reuerendiss. sig. cardinale Fiderico Borromeo Protettore della medema religione. Massa: Gironimo Marini. 1672.
  • Il meriggio della Gratia descritto d'Antonio Lupis. Milan: Francesco Vigone. 1675.
  • Fantasme dell'ingegno di Antonio Lupis. Milan: Francesco Vigone. 1675.
  • Il plico di Antonio Lupis consegrato all'ill.mo et ecc.mo sig. il sig. Lorenzo Tiepolo. Milan: Francesco Vigone. 1675.
  • L'hore pretiose della villa, impiegate nelle memorie più insigni della motta ... Opera composta da Antonio Lupis. Venice: Domenico Milocco. 1677.
  • La marchesa d'Hunsleij, ovvero l'amazone scozzese. Venice: Gio. Battista Brigna. 1677.
  • Il chiaro-scuro di pittura morale. Venice: per il Brigna. 1679.
  • Il corriere di Antonio Lupis. Venice: per il Brigna. 1680.
  • Dispaccio di Mercurio spedito da Antonio Lupis, e dal medemo consegrato all'illustrissimo signor Mario Ponzino. Venice: Nicolò Pezzana. 1682.
  • Teatro aperto di Antonio Lupis accademico incognito. Venice: G. Tenetti. 1687.
  • La Segretaria morale. Venice: Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1687.
  • I mostri dell'huomo descritti da Antonio Lupis e dal medesimo consagrati ai felicissimi auspicij dell'illustriss. sig. conte Gio. Battista Vertoua. Venice: Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1689.
  • L'eroina veneta, overo La vita di Elena Lucretia Cornara Piscopia. Venice: per il Curti. 1689.
  • Il Gerione diuiso in tre capi orationi sagre, eroiche, e funebri composto da Antonio Lupis. Venice: Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1689.
  • Pallade su le poste descritta da Antonio Lupis. Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1691.
  • Il nuovo zodiaco figurato nei segni della vera sapienza descritto da Antonio Lupis. Venice: Lorenzo Basegio. 1697.
  • Le stravaganze della fortuna. Venice: Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1697.
  • La curiosità in viaggio. Venice: Gioseppe Maria Ruinetti. 1697.
  • L'amazone della fede nella vita della vergine e martire Maria romana. Milan: Francesco Vigone. 1712.

References

  1. ^ Spera 2012, p. 263.
  2. ^ Cirilli 2006.
  3. ^ Spera 2012, p. 264.
  4. ^ Brand, Charles Peter; Pertile, Lino, eds. (1996). The Cambridge History of Italian Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780521434928.
  5. ^ Il Chiaro-oscuro di Pittura Morale. Venice: Giacomo Ferretti. 1690.
  6. ^ Pastres, Paolo (2017). "Una pagina di Antonio Lupis del 1687 per la fortuna critica di Luca Giordano in Veneto". Annali di critica d’arte, n. s., 1: 161–173.
  7. ^ I David: due pittori tra Sei e Settecento: Lugano, Milano, Venezia, Parma e Roma. Skira. 2004. p. 36. ISBN 9788876240553.

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