Credited with illustrating one of the most famous romantic depictions--(an interlude translated by a famous British bureaucrat, a Roman poet, and twice in works by a man questioned about his identity.) At one stage he was working side by side with a master architect, and not long after was imprisoned by a Pope for creating indecent works. Who is this, what is the famous romantic story, and what was the title of the indecent works?

lanfranco

This sounds a lot like Giulio Romano, once an assistant to Raphael (an architect as well as a painter). With Raphael, he worked on the Cupid and Psyche frescoes in the Farnesina and produced the Sala di Psiche in the Palazzo del Te in Mantua. With engraver Marcantonio Raimondi and Pietro Aretino, he got into trouble for "I Modi" aka "The Sixteen Pleasures," pornographic illustrations of sexual positions. Incidentally, these delicious little vignettes inspired Robert Hellenga's novel "The Sixteen Pleasures," published back in the '90's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Romano Aug 10 06, 7:27 AM

peasypod

Ahhhhh, I fooled you with your own game Frankie, dear. You almost have it, care for another stab? Aug 10 06, 5:24 PM

lanfranco

O.K., I'm back from a few days away, and I'm going to assume that you're speaking specifically of Marcantonio and his illustrations for "Pyramus and Thisbe". The story was dealt with by Ovid, Chaucer (the British bureaucrat), and Shakespeare, of course. I don't think I need to alter the rest of my remarks. Marcantonio, incidentally, had a long influence. A portion of one of his engravings (after Raphael) is widely thought to have been borrowed by Manet for the "Dejeuner sur l'herbe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcantonio_Raimondi Aug 15 06, 10:33 AM

peasypod

Yay, I knew you'd get it sooner or later, since it was one of your quizzes that inspired this one... Aug 15 06, 3:09 PM