Academia.edu no longer supports Internet Explorer.
To browse Academia.edu and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds to upgrade your browser.
Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero della cultura
…
22 pages
1 file
GIANLUCA AMATO Lupo di Francesco in Empoli and Tino di Camaino in Pisa and Siena: New proposals LORENZO BOFFADOSSI The Lelio Orsi frescoes brought to the Galleria Estense from the Rocca di Novellara MATTEO CERIANA An Emperor and a Cardinal, two restored busts in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello DAMIANO IACOBONE Gio Ponti and Alberto Alpago–Novello (with Mario Sironi): The initial stages of the 1930 IV International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Monza ANTONELLA CLEMENTONI Alfonso Bartoli and the restoration of the Temple of Venus and Rome: Tension and rivalry between the Excavations Office of the Palatine and Roman Forum and the X Division for Antiquities and Fine Arts of the Governorate BEATRICE ALAI Unveiling Italian miniature art in Frankfurt am Main: The collection of cuttings from the Historisches Museum (13th–16th centuries) ALESSANDRO BROGI – DAVIDE BUSSOLARI – MANUELA MATTIOLI A ‘refound’ work by Ludovico Carracci for the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna STEFANIA DI MARCELLO Balancing tradition and innovation in the work of the Regio Istituto Centrale del Restauro between 1939 and 1943
Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero della cultura
OLIMPIA COLACICCHI ALESSANDRI, MAURIZIO CHITI, RAFFAELLA DONGHIA, ADOLFO ESPOSITO - MARCO FERRETTI, ROBERTO NARDUCCI, LETIZIA RUSTICO Two Silver Plated Bronze Feet from the Aventine Hill During operations of rescue archaeology conducted in a private property on the Aventine Hill, a significant discovery was made. An Ancient Roman townhouse (domus) with exquisite polychrome mosaics from late Republican times came to light. LUCA CRETI The High Altar in the Cathedral of Civita Castellana: From the Ottonian Era to its 18th–Century Renovation The paper presents a historical account of the construction and life of the High Altar in the Cathedral of Civita Castellana (VT). A first, primitive, rectangular altar was built from ancient marble grave slabs between 1000 and 1001, under the patronage of Bishop Crescenziano. It housed the remains of Saints Marciano and Giovanni. They were martyred during one of Diocletian’s persecutions in the early 4th century. LETIZIA BONIZZONI, PAOLA BORGHESE, SILVIA BRUNI, ANDREA CARINI, MARCO GARGANO, EMANUELA GRIFONI, VITTORIA GUGLIELMI, NICOLA LUDWIG, JACOPO MELADA, CRISTINA QUATTRINI, ROBERTO SACCUMAN Gaudenzio Ferrari in Milan: The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1539–1540) and its Restoration in the Laboratory of the Pinacoteca di Brera From 2014 to 2018, the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alessandria by Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, documented as born post 1507 – died Milan 1546) was restored, with state funds, in the laboratory of the Pinacoteca di Brera. ANDREA DARI The Church and Convent of Sant’Andrea in Vineis in Faenza: Two previously unpublished 18th–Century plans and reflections on the Work of Domenico Paganelli The recent discovery of two 18th–century plans associated with the Sant’Andrea in Vineis complex in Faenza, known today as San Domenico, served as a catalyst for exploring the remarkable life of Father Domenico Paganelli (1545–1624). ANDREA G. DE MARCHI Guercino, Ruffo and a Holy Family with a Young Saint John This short contribution discusses a previously unpublished copper artwork attributed to Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, commonly known as il Guercino. It sheds light on a commission by Don Antonio Ruffo, an international art collector from far off Sicily. SILVIA AGLIETTI Count Tyszkiewicz’s “Cat”: Insights into an Ivory Figurine Found at Caffarella The protagonist, at the heart of the sequence of events we attempt to piece together, is a small ivory sculpture. Following its discovery, the piece travelled illicitly backwards and forwards between Italy and France. Its movements involved prominent figures in the antiques market during the latter half of the nineteenth century. PAOLA MARINI The Royal Palace of Venice Rediscovered After more than two decades of dedicated efforts led by the Fondazione Musei Civici and the Municipality of Venice, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per il Comune di Venezia e Laguna, eleven rooms in the former Royal Palace have been opened to the public.
Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero della cultura, 2021
EUGENIO POLITO A colossal head with a laurel crown from Aquinum Marble fragments of a head with a laurel crown were recently found during the excavation of ancient Aquinum. They have been preliminarily studied prior to restoration. By analysing the dimensions of the fragments it has been possible to gauge the size of the colossal statue. The appearance of what remains of the face, with its flat and uniform surfaces, and the hairstyle with its short locks cropped close to the skull, identify the statue as a male portrait from the Julio–Claudian era. BENEDETTA CAGLIOTI The Cathedral of San Giorgio Martire in Ferrara: Notes and observations on its Fourteenth–century phase The construction of the Cathedral of San Giorgio Martire in Ferrara began in the 12th century. It was a symbol of the new position the city held in relation to the papacy, as opposed to the latter’s traditional links with Ravenna. Mixing written evidence with a project of surveying and drawing, focussing on the actual physical evidence, the medieval phase of the Cathedral appears to have a harmonious composition within an overall precise scheme with a regular design and a balanced arrangement of the facades. GIUSEPPE CASSIO A new attribution to Cola dell’Amatrice: The Lamentation over the Dead Christ in the Collegiate Church of Fara in Sabina A fresco with a Lamentation over the Dead Christ, recently uncovered in the Collegiate Church of Sant’Antonino in Fara in Sabina (Rieti), is one of the earliest known paintings in that religious building. It’s an example of the close link between the town and the nearby Abbey of Santa Maria di Farfa. Between the second half of the fifteenth century and a large part of the sixteenth, the imposing Benedictine “stronghold” had been subjected to frenetic renovation, called for by the commendatory abbots. This included work by Giovanni Battista Orsini (1482–1503). From 1486 to 1514 the Sabine monastery was home to a community of Teutonic monks from the Sacro Speco in Subiaco. There, Nicola di Filotesio, known as Cola dell’Amatrice, had painted the frescoes in the Old Chapter. Documents mention the painter at work in Farfa’s Abbey in 1508. ENRICO NOÈ A Saint John the Baptist by Giulio del Moro In the parish church of Donada, in the province of Rovigo, there is a little–known marble statue of Saint John theBaptist, signed by the painter and sculptor Giulio del Moro (Verona, around 1555 – Venice, 1616). From an analysis of the piece, the paper moves on to research its possible provenance, perhaps the Church of Santa Giustina in Venice, and above all its chronology, in the context of the artist’s extensive production. The hypothetical conclusion is that it dates to around 1590. This was the most youthful, and perhaps happiest, period of the maestro. MARIA TERESA CANTARO Some news about Lavinia Fontana: From her debut to about 1590 An analysis of some autographed works by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna 1552 – Rome 1614) is presented. They have changed hands on the antiques market over the last three decades and are now kept in private collections. They include some unpublished works, attributable to the time of the painter’s earliest period. They start with her debut between 1570 and 1575, up to around 1590 when the artist’s activity was now recognised and well known. Brief clarifications are proposed regarding a couple of paintings already linked to Lavinia Fontana and some new attributions. Finally, some observations are put forward concerning a document transcribed in its entirety for the first time and which casts doubt on the hypothesis of the artist’s stay in Rome during the years of the pontificate of Sixtus V. CARMELA CAPALDI From Divus Augustus to Bonaparte: Notes on the restoration of the colossal seated statues from the Augusteum in Herculaneum During the first excavations of Herculaneum in what was then known as the Basilica, two colossal marble statues were found representing seated male figures, wrapped only in paludamenta. The building was later correctly identified as the Augusteum, a place for the worship of deceased and deified emperors. The statues, lacking their heads and arms, were subjected to additive restoration, first by Joseph Canart, then Filippo Tagliolini, which made it harder to identify them. Placed in the Bourbon Royal Museum collection, they are mentioned in the first inventory of the museum in 1819, as statues portraying Augustus and Claudius. Scholars have, for the most part, accepted this definition. It has been argued that the plaster head of Augustus was modelled on the portrait of the prince in the Gemma Augustea now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. LUCILLA DE LACHENAL – ANNA MARIA CARRUBA Behind the scenes at the Torlonia Marbles exhibition. New contributions to the exhibition in Milan: analysis, explanation, bibliography and restorations The new outlay for the Torlonia Marbles exhibition in Milan, in the large and prestigious rooms of the Gallerie d’Italia, provided the opportunity to enrich the exhibition of sculptures already presented in Rome with some new pieces. The paper lists them, giving updated datasheets in terms of bibliography and explanations, recognising two busts as modern. Moreover, a marble copy of Leda and the Swan and the sarcophagus decorated with a Consular procession are accompanied by valuable observations and remarks by those who restored it. MAURIZIO RICCI The entrance portal to the Orange Garden: A few annotations Savello Park, in Rome’s Ripa district, is better known as the Giardino degli Aranci. It was transformed into gardens by Raffaele de Vico in 1932. Its current, Sixteenth–century portal, originally came from Villa Balestra. It was taken apart in 1910 and laid to rest in the municipal deposits. Antonio Munõz had it rebuilt on the Aventine in 1936, partially modifying its construction. The paper, based on an analysis of the remains of Villa Balestra and an important unpublished plan, clarifies once and for all the original site of the gateway. ALESSIO CIANNARELLA The Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda: New documents on the restoration of the Domenichino altarpiece and a hypothetical attribution to Giovan Battista Beinaschi The paper deepens and broadens information about the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda and the rich decorative apparatus inside. Documents held in the church archives have shed light on when and how Raffaele Vanni (1670) unfortunately attempted to restore a painting by Domenichino. His Madonna and Child with Saints Philip and James had been painted between 1626 and 1627. The paper also looks at Vanni’s realisation of an altarpiece of a similar subject to repair the damage after his work on Domenichino’s, it dates to the same year as the restoration. Working from an Eighteenth–century manuscript kept in the Casanatense Library in Rome, and some stylistic comparisons, it is thought that Giovan Battista Beinaschi painted the Crucifix adored by Saint Francis. FRANCESCA MATTEI Clay elements in the construction of the vaults of Palazzo Naselli Crispi in Ferrara. History and geography on Sixteenth–century Este building sites Palazzo Naselli (1529–1537) was restored between 2018 and 2020. During the work, clay elements came to light, immersed in the cement conglomerate of the vaults of some rooms. The paper traces the building techniques used for the construction of these ceilings, and highlights the relationship between the earliest material evidence, architectural treatises and the architectural projects of the time. Este. LUCA LEONCINI Giovanni Maria Mariani at the Palazzo del Quirinale: Documentation of the decoration entrusted to Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the apartments of Alexander VII This paper presents a complete transcript of the account of the work carried out by Giovanni Maria Mariani on the main floor of the Palazzo del Quirinale, between March and August 1656. He was a perspective painter and decorator, under the supervision of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Mariani’s assignment was a few months prior to that of the group of artists chosen by Pietro da Cortona to decorate the Gran Galleria, later known as that of Alexander VII. Mariani was involved there too. Until now Giovanni Maria’s duties had been considered «work of an artisan nature», limited to gilding the gallery’s ceiling. Careful examination of documents in Rome’s State Archive has shown instead that the gilding was not done by him, whereas the sweeping painted glossy stucco decorations were. The detailed specifications of what the painter from Ascoli Piceno was responsible for are to be found in a document which has never previously been analysed, in its entirety, leaving important data untouched upon.
MARIA ANTONIETTA RIZZO Two more Sarcophagi of the Spouses from Cerveteri: previously unpublished fragments found among old site records and recent discoveries During rescue excavations on Caere’s (today’s Cerveteri) burial grounds, supervised by the Author in the role of inspector for what was then the Soprintendenza dell’Etruria Meridionale, some fragments of two terracotta sarcophagi were found. NICOLA BUSINO New considerations on the four–sided portico of Capua Cathedral on the Volturno Recent ongoing research in Capua has brought to light several elements associated with the foundation of the town on the banks of the River Volturno. The town was set up by the Longobard élite in the mid ninth century. Some lines of research in particular sprang from the re–examination of existing documentation of the four–sided portico of Capua Cathedral. It forms part of an Episcopal complex which has been left substantially uninvestigated, given that it was entirely reconstructed after Second World War damage. ORAZIO LOVINO The Renaissance in “Terra di Bari”. New reflections on Maestro d’Andria and Tuccio d’Andria, at a crossroads between Naples and Liguria One of the most fitting pictorial incidents in “Terra di Bari” during the second half of the fifteenth century, if not the whole figurative panorama of what’s known as the southern Renaissance, is made up of the works of the Maestro d’Andria. VERUSKA PICCHIARELLI News about Perugino and his atelier: Two previously unpublished preparatory drawings for the Adoration of the Shepherds by Monteripido The paper centres on two preparatory drawings with Shepherds related to the circle of Pietro Vannucci, known as “il Perugino”. The pieces, previously unknown to art historians, match the characters in a fresco of the Adoration of the Child. This was stripped from the convent of San Francesco al Monte in Perugia, and is now housed in the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria. BEATRICE CACCIOTTI Copies, mutuations and diffusion of old fashioned portraits during the early Renaissance: the codex h–I–4 in the Escorial library Codex h–I–4 in the Escorial library contains 142 drawings of mythological, biblical and historical characters. The latter range from ancient times up to the period contemporary to when they were drawn. Most are accompanied by a brief biographical description. The codex was bequeathed to the Escorial by Phillip II. It had come into his possession in about 1541, from the Lanuza family, whose coat of arms shows up on the cover. LORENZO PRINCIPI More about Alessandro della Scala from Carona: his work in Portugal and new reliefs on a Marian theme The paper systematically discusses traces of Alessandro della Scala’s work in Portugal, taking into account a copious series of reliefs, three of which from Setubal. For the first time the works that make up this group have been written about and systematically published. ENRICO COLLE A “table of joys” for Francis I de’ Medici The tabletop was part of the collection of Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster. The statuary marble base is inlaid with semiprecious stones. The geometrical pattern is typical of works of the kind manufactured in the second half of the 1500s. It had belonged to the Lorraine Medici collection and to the Royal House of Savoy: the court administration then sold it to William Blundell Spence. Recently, its original inventory numbers came to light, handwritten on the underside.Thanks to these numbers, confronting them with the contemporary archive documents, the story of the tabletop became clear. Going back through the years it had been accurately registered in all the Lorraine Medici inventories from the time of Francesco I de’ Medici, who had it placed in the Casino di San Marco, his town house in Florence. GIULIA CERIANI SEBREGONDI A Doge on the scaffolding: the account books for the construction of Palazzo Donà dalle Rose in Venice. Further considerations This paper is the second part of a contribution to this same editorial collection, published in 2019. It is devoted to the construction of Ca’ Donà dalle Rose in Venice, between 1610 and 1612. This was the palace that Doge Leonardo Donà had chosen to build as his family house. From an analysis of the building site accounts (receipts and account books) housed in the private family archives, as well as contemporary treatises from the Veneto region, and comparisons with a few other sporadic sources, it’s been possible to piece together in detail the construction techniques and materials used to build the palace. In an overall reconstruction of the evolution of the Donà building site this paper concentrates on the masonry, plastering, guttering and flooring. PATRIZIA TOSINI Baldassarre Croce in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, a gift for Pedro Fernàndez de Castro, Viceroy of Naples, and his wife Catalina de la Cerda y Sandoval The paper presents two previously unpublished frescoes. They were painted in 1610 by the Bolognese artist Baldassarre Croce in Palazzo dei Canonici attached to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The paintings are mentioned in documents, but were thought to have been lost. They depict two canonical stories associated with the veneration of the Liberian Basilica. One was dedicated to the Procession of Pope Gregory I with the icon of Salus Populi Romani to put an end to the plague of 590. The other is the Foundation of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore by Pope Liberius. ADRIANO AMENDOLA Giovanni Alto is not Giovanni Grosso. New considerations on the Swiss Ciceroni from Lucerne and Giacomo Lauro’s “Antiquae Urbis Splendor” Starting from Francesco Villamena’s two engraved portraits, the author was able to resolve the question of the identity of two Swiss guards, Giovanni Alto and Giovanni Grosso. They were among the most famous Ciceroni of Baroque Rome, still remembered and long debated by scholars. Using heraldry it’s been possible for the first time to distinguish Alto from Grosso, who have often been taken as the same person. An analysis of Alto’s Stammbuch, housed in the Vatican Library and the discovery of his unpublished will has made it possible to better understand the story behind Giacomo Lauro’s Antiquae Urbis Splendor. GIANLUCA PUCCIO In the steps of Padre Resta in the Capodimonte drawings A series of photographs of the so called “Collezione borbonica” in the Capodimonte museum has come to light in the archives. They date to the mid 1960s and provide a chance to reconstruct the original appearance of many of the drawings, before being subjected to a radical restoration that unfortunately led to them being detached from their original supporting sheets. The photographs show that about 250 of them were mounted inside a frame in ANNA MARIA RICCOMINI Two artists at the Mausoleum of Augustus: Joseph Nollekens and Pietro Ronzoni The paper analyses a drawing thought to be by Joseph Nollekens, now housed in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, and a painting held in a private collection, by the Bergamascan artist Pietro Ronzoni. They are both views of the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome. The pictures provide further evidence about the Soderini family collection of ancient sculpture, on display among the ruins of the Imperial tomb. It’s Nollekens drawing that best captures the four statues that, from the middle of the 1500s, stood at the entrance to the hanging gardens and at the foot of the stairs leading up to the entrance to Palazzo Soderini. BERTRAND DE ROYERE A silver table service by Charles Nicolas Odiot for King Charles Albert of Savoy In 1834 King Charles Albert of Sardinia ordered an exceptional silver service from Charles Nicolas Odiot for his palace in Turin. The wealth and beauty of this collection of silverware earned it the right to be presented the same year at the Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie. The preparatory drawings for the tableware are identified here amongst those formerly in the archives of Odiot’s famous Parisian maison, subsequently scattered and lost. These have thrown light on the technical and stylistic evolution of French goldsmiths during the Restoration. This was a period of uncertainty between the very captivating neo–Baroque taste coming out of England at the time and echoes of the great neoclassical goldsmiths.
In ricordo di Andrea Emiliani, di GIOVANNA ROTONDI TERMINIELLO ELENA GHISELLINI: Sull’uso di pietre colorate nell’Egitto tolemaico fra tradizione e innovazione LUCA DI FRANCO: Un rilievo neroniano in pavonazzetto da Parma a Napoli. Pier Leone Ghezzi, gli scavi Bianchini sul Palatino e la Collezione Farnese ELVIRA CAJANO: Il sepolcro del Beato Angelico nella chiesa della Minerva in Roma. Le vicende e il restauro GIULIA CERIANI SEBREGONDI: Un doge sui ponteggi: i libri dei conti di fabbrica del Palazzo Donà dalle Rose a Venezia SABINA MANIELLO CARDONE: Nuovi documenti per il gruppo della ‘Annunciazione’ a Bordeaux e la bottega di Pietro e Gian Lorenzo Bernini BENITO NAVARRETE PRIETO: Francisco de Herrera “el Mozo”, su estancia en Roma y un conjunto de dibujos atribuidos a Pierfrancesco Cittadini NICCOLÒ D’AGATI: «Poi a scuola di pupazzetto»: nuove evidenze su Boccioni illustratore a Roma (1899–1906) TUTELA E VALORIZZAZIONE MARTA NOVELLO: Il “nuovo” Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia. Primi risultati e riflessioni in corso d’opera ARCHIVIO TOBIAS FISCHER–HANSEN: La corrispondenza fra Saverio Landolina e Frederik Münter. Un epistolario di colti antiquari sul finire dell’Illuminismo LORENZO ORSINI: Stefano Bardini e il distacco di soffitti rinascimentali: nuovi documenti su alcuni affreschi cremonesi di primo Cinquecento FONDI E ARCHIVI FOTOGRAFICI STORICI GIOVANNA BERTELLI: Una particolare raccolta di lastre negative al collodio all’interno del Fondo Luciano Morpurgo conservato all’ICCD LIBRI GIOVANNI CARBONARA: recensione a La valutazione del rischio sismico nel complesso della Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze–The evaluation of seismic risk in the complex of the Galleria dell’Accademia of Florence, a cura di G. GIORGIANNI, Firenze 2017 LORENZO FINOCCHI GHERSI: recensione a Il Tempietto di Bramante nel monastero di San Pietro in Montorio, a cura di F. CANTATORE, Roma 2017 CAMILLA MURGIA: recensione a C. LAPAIRE, Renouveau médiéval et sculpture romantique. Le retour du Moyen Age dans la sculpture européenne entre 1750 et 1900, Paris 2018 MATTEO CERIANA: recensione a “Sono Fernanda Wittgens”. Una vita per Brera, a cura di G. GINEX, Milano 2018
sito web: www.bollettinodarte.beniculturali.it Copyright by Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo La Rivista adotta un sistema di Peer Review. Spetta agli Autori dei vari articoli soddisfare eventuali oneri derivanti dai diritti di riproduzione per le immagini di cui non sia stato possibile reperire gli aventi diritto. È vietata qualsiasi forma di riproduzione non autorizzata. Per ogni controversia è competente il Foro di Roma. Stampa e diffusione «L'ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER Via Cassiodoro, 11 -00193 ROMA tel. 06 6874127 sito web: www.lerma.it Editore © ©Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo -Bollettino d'Arte LIBRI GIOVANNI CARBONARA: recensione a Balsignano. Un insediamento rurale fortificato. 201 Archeologia, Studi e Restauri, a cura di MARIA ROSARIA DEPALO, EMILIA PELLEGRINO, MAURIZIO TRIGGIANI, Bari 2015 Abstracts 207 27 LUGLIO-SETTEMBRE ANNO C 2015 SERIE VII ©Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo -Bollettino d'Arte
Copyright by Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo La Rivista adotta un sistema di Peer Review. Spetta agli Autori dei vari articoli soddisfare eventuali oneri derivanti dai diritti di riproduzione per le immagini di cui non sia stato possibile reperire gli aventi diritto. È vietata qualsiasi forma di riproduzione non autorizzata. Per ogni controversia è competente il Foro di Roma.
La Rivista adotta un sistema di Peer Review. Spetta agli Autori dei vari articoli soddisfare eventuali oneri derivanti dai diritti di riproduzione per le immagini di cui non sia stato possibile reperire gli aventi diritto. È vietata qualsiasi forma di riproduzione non autorizzata. Per ogni controversia è competente il Foro di Roma. MARIA LUISA CATONI, MASSIMO OSANNA: Arianna a Nasso. Un nuovo affresco dalla Regio V 5 di Pompei MARIA BRUNO: Il santuario terrazzato di Tusculum: fortuna e storia degli studi 47 FABRIZIO LOLLINI: La Promissione dogale di Leonardo Loredan all'Archiginnasio di Bologna 85 TANCREDI FARINA: Il monumento funebre di Sisto V a Santa Maria Maggiore e l'esordio romano 95 di Giovanni Antonio Paracca, detto il Valsoldino CRISTINA QUATTRINI: Ercole Orfeo Presutti da Fano, pittore dimenticato 119 JANA ZAPLETALOVÁ: Una proposta per Michele Desubleo: il dipinto con 'Giuseppe e la moglie 133 di Putifarre' di Častolovice FRANCESCO LIUZZI: Dati inediti e puntualizzazioni sull'attività dello scultore e architetto leccese 143 Pasquale Simone (XVIII secolo) ANTONELLA CLEMENTONI: Fasi organizzative, aspetti scientifici e documenti inediti 175 di due grandi mostre dell'Era Fascista RITROVAMENTI ANNA MELOGRANI: Il foglio del Capitulare Consiliarum rubato dall'Archivio di Stato di Venezia 213 di recente recuperato e la Promissione del Doge Andrea Dandolo COLLEZIONI E COLLEZIONISTI MARGHERITA ZIBORDI: La raccolta di ritagli e fogli miniati del Museo Correr di Venezia: 217 un primo esame LUCILLA DE LACHENAL: Rivedendo Cassiano dal Pozzo. Per una ricostruzione del collezionismo minuto 235 di antichità nel Seicento attraverso alcuni disegni del Museo Cartaceo 39-40 LUGLIO-DICEMBRE ANNO CIII 2018 SERIE VII ©Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo -Bollettino d'Arte LIBRI ALESSANDRO MARTONI: recensione a H.K. SZÉPE, Venice Illuminated. Power and Painting 257 in Renaissance Manuscripts, New Haven-London 2018 FRANCESCA MATTEI: recensione a D.J. JANSEN, Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage 262 at the Imperial Court. The Antique as Innovation, Leiden 2019 ARIANE VARELA BRAGA: recensione a Da Bologna all'Europa: artisti bolognesi in Portogallo 265 (secoli XVI-XIX), a cura di S. FROMMEL, M. ANTONUCCI, Bologna 2017 STEFANO L'OCCASO: recensione a I ritratti del Museo della Musica di Bologna: da padre Martini 271 al Liceo Musicale, a cura di L. BIANCONI ET ALII, Firenze 2018 ALESSANDRO IPPOLITI: recensione a Palazzo Citterio. Verso la Grande Brera, 276 a cura di A. RANALDI, P. SAVIO, A. TERAFINA, Milano 2018 MOSTRE CLAUDIA CONFORTI: recensione a Leonardo Ricci 100. Scrittura, pittura e architettura. 279 100 note a margine dell'Anonimo del XX secolo, a cura di U. DATTILO, M.C. GHIA, C. RICCI, Firenze, ex Refettorio di Santa Maria Novella, 12 aprile -26 maggio 2019 Abstracts 287 Per le abbreviazioni dei periodici del settore archeologico si fa riferimento a quelle dell'Istituto Archeologico Germanico, ora accessibili dal seguente link: https://www.dainst.org/documents/10180/70593/02_Abbreviations+for+Journals_quer.pdf/a82958d5-e5e9-4696-8e1b-c53b5954f52a ©Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo -Bollettino d'Arte Ferdinando Bologna è stato uno dei maggiori storici dell'arte italiani del Novecento. Era nato in Abruzzo, a L' Aquila, il 27 settembre del 1925, e in Abruzzo, nella sua casa di San Panfilo d'Ocre, è morto il 3 aprile di quest'anno. Aveva iniziato giovanissimo. Dopo la guerra s'era laureato a Roma, nell'anno accademico 1947-1948, con Pietro Toesca. Al maestro, appena venticinquenne, aveva dedicato uno dei suoi primi e impegnati saggi, quello su Il Maestro di San Giovanni da Capestrano, nel numero di Proporzioni coordinato da Roberto Longhi e intitolato Omaggio a Pietro Toesca. Il legame stabilito in quegli anni con Longhi -di cui nel 1949 aveva recensito il Giudizio sul Duecento -doveva portarlo a entrare nella redazione, che allora si stava formando, di Paragone; e nella nuova rivista egli avrebbe pubblicato sùbito su argomenti dapprima "L'estensione cronologica dei suoi interessi -che l'avrebbe condotto, dagli anni '50 agli anni '90, a produrre studi monografici su La pittura italiana delle origini, Cimabue, Simone Martini, Giotto, I pittori alla corte angioina di Napoli, il soffitto di Palazzo Steri a Palermo, ma anche su Fontainebleau e la maniera italiana, Francesco Solimena, Roviale Spagnuolo, Masaccio, la pittura del Quattrocento a Napoli, l'Arco di trionfo di Alfonso d'Aragona, Traversi, Caravaggio e Teofilo Patini -, l'attenzione filologica alle fonti e al linguaggio specifico dell'opera d'arte, e insieme la graduale messa a punto di un approccio rigorosamente storico alla materia artistica, attento alle congiunture anche politiche, ideologiche, economiche, sociali, alla committenza, alla funzione e agli aspetti materiali dell'opera d'arte stessa, dovevano certo ricevere alimento dalla lezione rigorosa del grande medievista Toesca e dagli interessi più ampi e trasversali del Longhi "anni '50", ma anche da altre esperienze che il giovane Bologna andava facendo negli anni della sua formazione fra l'Abruzzo e Napoli.
GIULIA ROCCO Fragments of a bas–relief from Spoleto’s Roman theatre. A possible reconstruction and interpretation. Some fragments of a marble bas–relief came to light during the excavation of Spoleto’s Roman theatre during the 1950s. They formed part of the scaenae frons. An analysis of the subject matter and iconography has suggested some possible interpretations for the scenes, ranging from mythological representations to gods and goddesses. The reliefs date to the second quarter of the second century CE, showing that the theatre was renovated between the end of Hadrian’s reign and the beginning of Antoninus Pius’. The original structure was built during the last decades of the first century BCE. GIOVANNI BORACCESI Fifteenth and sixteenth century processional crosses in the diocese of Tricarico The article focuses on the fifteenth and sixteenth century processional crosses in some of the churches of the diocese of Tricarico, in Basilicata. The protagonists of this cultural phenomenon were bishops, lay and regular ecclesiasts, non clerical guilds, as well as everyday church goers and members of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies’ wealthy landowning families. The group of crosses includes excellent examples of Late Gothic and Renaissance work, some, until now, unpublished. They reveal an unexpected dynamism present in this part of Lucania, adding another piece to the puzzle of the heritage left by the goldsmiths of this southern region, as well as the artists themselves, both home grown and from other parts. GIACOMO MONTANARI Tomaso Orsolino between Pavia and Certosa (1628–1635): a more accurate chronology and new clues as to the role of Ercole Ferrata Though he worked in Genova, Tomaso Orsolino was born in Ramponio in the Val d’Intelvi. From 1628 onwards he worked on some of the most important sculptural projects of early seventeenth century Lombardy. This paper hopes to sort out the order in which the sculptor produced his works for the Certosa of Pavia. It looks in greater detail into the numerous works that the artist produced for the important monastery. The focus is on the period between 1628, when we know for sure that he arrived in Lombardy, and the middle of the 1630s. The close ties to the greats of Lombardy painting are the underlying thread in the stylistic evolution that was without a doubt one of the main players of the later fashion, a “sniff” of the new Baroque language in Lombardy. This is in spite of the critical misfortunes it has witnessed even up to recent times. In such a prolific workshop, it’s no surprise that Ercole Ferrata’s deft chisel was to emerge. This paper hopes to reveal some of those first traces of his independent work, prior to his move to Naples. LAURA GIGLI Bartolomeo Lupardi bares his soul in the architectural and decorative facade of his home The facade of 104 Via di Parione (today’s Via del Governo Vecchio) speaks of a man of humble origins, Bartolomeo Lupardi, who went on to become a successful publisher and printer. He was capable of innovating the spirit of his times, against which he pitted himself, unwilling to remain a bystander in a world whose script was being dictated by the powers that be, curtailing any desire for individual freedoms. This was a man who had chosen to anchor his activity in the hostile world rooted in the art of publishing. This was the right place to guarantee success in his life mission. An expression of this success was the construction of his house. After the restoration of its facade in 2015 his choice of flaunting his achievement can once again be admired. It’s the manifestation of a man who had changed the way in which social standing could be represented. This was a specific cultural innovation not so much for himself, considering the fact that for him his accrued economic fortune was enough satisfaction in itself, but more for his descendents. He managed to give them the opportunity to stand on level ground with the dominant social structures, thanks to his invention, from scratch, of a new mythography, hinged on legal science. Evidence of this can be seen in the enormous cultural objectives followed and reached in the field by his son Andrea, recognising his studies as a means of emancipation, overturning what could have been his destiny at birth. ANDREA G. DE MARCHI Painted pseudo North European Roman furniture using recycled Ancient Roman marble. Traces of Francesco Allegrini and Daca Poelen The paper establishes the true cultural identity of a pair of dressers in the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini. When they were bought in 1962 it was thought they were Dutch, and later considered a forgery. In actual fact they were manufactured in Rome. The craftsman, as yet, remains anonymous, but was probably from the Netherlands. Other pieces of furniture, made by the same hand, have been identified and are analysed here. They date to around 1640. A previously unknown international milestone in seventeenth century Roman furniture production has been revealed, in which Ancient Roman marble is reused. FABIOLA JATTA The refound colour scheme of the monumental complex of San Michele in Rome The paper reports on the results of the restoration of the decoration of a small inner cloister in the monumental complex of San Michele in Rome, unveiling another aspect of the building’s long history. The complex took one and a half centuries to finish, its first stone being laid in 1686, during the reign of Pope Innocent XI. It wasn’t until 1839 that Luigi Poletti finally finished the job. Poletti also renovated the cloister in question, which has recently been restored. The works uncovered important information as to the original colour scheme. The colour of the panels of what was known as the “Odescalchi lodge” were previously “a shade of the air”. This was a light grey colouring obtained by adding a dash of Vine Black pigment to the slaked lime. The paper provides confirmation that the long facade giving on to the River Tiber was painted light grey up until the end of the 1700s. This can be seen in illustrative plates, oil paintings, wall and tempera paintings and printed watercolours. The pale coloured complex is seen as it was up until the end of the 1700s, not in the red brick hue that we’ve been accustomed to from the eighteenth century up to the present day. FRANCESCA ROMANA GAJA Notes about Jan Miel’s work in Turin’s Palazzo Reale Italy’s cultural ministry recently acquired an overdoor by Jan Miel. It depicts Alexander the Great consulting an astrologist before embarking. The painting was originally housed in Turin’s Palazzo Reale. Jan Miel was named as court painter by Duke Charles Emmanuel II, from 1658 to his death in 1664. The acquisition provides a chance to take a brief look at what he produced for the palace in Turin, and to add something new to the catalogue of paintings commissioned by the House of Savoy. Miel took part in the renovation of the state rooms of the piano nobile of the Royal Palace, fitting in with the complex celebratory iconography drawn up by Father Emanuele Tesauro. Tesauro also oversaw the Flemish artist’s illustrations for the volume Regno d’Italia sotto i barbari (Turin 1664), for which Miel produced two frontispieces and forty three royal portraits. FRANCO BOGGERO – CHIARA MASI Nino Lamboglia and the preservation of the artistic heritage of the West Ligurian Riviera during the Second World War
Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero della cultura
MARIA ANTONIETTA RIZZO Painters in Etruscan Caere during the Orientalising period: The Pittore della Sfinge con ‘grembiule’ and the Pittore delle Gru Previously unpublished finds from long past 1980s excavations in Cerveteri have been dusted off. For the most part these are from graves excavated by Raniero Mengarelli on the Banditaccia burial ground. They provide fresh and stimulating insight into Caere’s seventh–century pottery production. News about the Montecassino Abbey painting collection: The 1691 ‘Inventory’ (with updates to 1725) MAURO VINCENZO FONTANA An unpublished description of the Montecassino painting collection during the 17th century: What is present, absent and an initial identification The San Benedetto Rooms in Montecassino have always been more than just a holy place worthy of the profoundest devotion MARIANO DELL’OMO The 1691–1725 edition of the ‘inventory’ and custody of the San Benedetto rooms in Montecassino between the 17th and 18th centuries The recently uncovered Inventory of the rooms by Father San Benedetto in the Montecassino Archive is published here for the first time MARIA BARBARA GUERRIERI BORSOI Historical documents and Seventeenth–century drawings of Palazzo Vittori–Marcellini, later Sinibaldi, at the Arco della Ciambella in Rome The wealthy Vittori family were related to families of standing. They had owned property in and around Arco della Ciambella since the 16th century. ROSSELLA FOSCHI Carlo Marchionni’s unfinished project for Sutri Cathedral In 1743 the Congregation of Good Government gave Clemente Orlandi the task of finishing off Carlo Marchionni’s renovation of the medieval cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo in Sutri. PIERLUIGI PANZA Piranesi on the third centenary of his birth. Contributions on his influence on Milanese neoclassicism 2020 coincided with the 300th anniversary of Giovan Battista Piranesi’s birth (1720–1778). In spite of the Covid–19 pandemic, some exhibitions were organised to celebrate the event. These shed light on new aspects of the artist’s persona and how his works have been put to use. MICHELE DANIELI Gabriele Ferrantini’s «finest work» rediscovered The paper focuses on a significant piece by Gabriele Ferrantini, which has recently come to light on the art market. The writer recognises it as the altarpiece that originally adorned the Church of San Giorgio in Poggiale, in Bologna, removed in the late 17th century.
Bollettino d'Arte del Minisero della cultura
LUIGI TODISCO Additional thoughts on the Tomb of the Diver This paper takes another look at Mario Napoli’s 1970 illustrated reconstruction of the Tomb of the Diver in Paestum, as it probably appeared at the moment of the burial. His drawing emphasises a need to interpret the tomb’s iconographic elements as a cohesive whole. Further analysis of the scene painted on the lid provides additional elements for a symbolic interpretation of the image, particularly concerning the deceased’s aspiration to a blissful life after death. MARINA ANNA LAURA MENGALI Unveiling mediaeval towns: Hidden 12th to 15th century street fronts This paper is the conclusion of extensive research into what today we see as the the facades of mediaeval buildings in historical town centres of various regions of central Italy, including Umbria, Tuscany and northern Lazio. It looks into how Italian towns may have appeared to the eye during the Middle Ages. CLAUDIO SECCARONI Reconstruction of Botticelli’s altarpiece for the church of San Paolino in Florence The August 2015 issue of The Burlington Magazine, a prestigious English monthly periodical, carried an article by Alexander Röstel on Botticelli’s Pietà. Though now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Röstel traced its original site back to the altar of the main chapel of San Paolino, in Florence. Research is based on documentary sources in Florence, describing the altarpiece as a triptych with closable side panels. This paper puts forward an identification for the previously unidentified paintings that once adorned the doors. BENEDETTA MATUCCI Rediscovering ancient gilding and the possibility of a secret portrait This paper focuses on Francesco da Sangallo’s Virgin with Child and Saint Anne, a marble sculptural group in the church of Orsanmichele. It accompanies a diagnostic analysis of traces of gilding on the work, part of a project promoted by the Bargello Museums, that involved the National Institute of Optics and the Institute of Sciences for Cultural Heritage of the National Research Council of Florence. As a supplement to the scientific findings, the paper illustrates examples of Sangallo’s marble gilding techniques, drawn from his body of work, as well as from evidence recently discovered by Alex Röstel. BENEDETTA CANTINI Evidence of gilding on the works of Francesco da Sangallo: Investigation, results and future research The paper examines the analysis of traces of gilding found on Francesco da Sangallo’s sculptural group in the church of Orsanmichele in Florence. Comparing documented artistic techniques with data from a non–invasive diagnostic analysis of the traces of gold on the marble sculptural group, Sangallo’s proved to be original. Detailed ultraviolet light observation revealed the sculptor’s use of gold in the details, which is comparable to techniques Donatello had used in the previous century. Gilding is also evident in another of Sangallo’s works: Cardinal Leonardo Buonafede’s funeral monument in the Certosa del Galluzzo. BARBARA SALVADORI – SILVIA INNOCENTI – SOFIA BRIZZI – JANA STRIOVA Scientific investigations into the marble sculptural group As part of a collaboration between the Bargello Museums and the National Research Council of Florence, traces of colour found on Francesco da Sangallo’s sculptural group have been analysed. It may be that some of the sixteenth–century gilding was removed during later cleaning. A completely non–invasive approach was used, involving complementary elemental (XRF) and molecular (Raman) spectroscopy techniques. Traces of gold leaf came to light, applied to a preparation of materials in use during the sixteenth century, such as cinnabar, red ochre, white lead, and chalk. No evidence for the use of modern pigments was found. FRANCESCO ZAGNONI The portrait of Girolamo Carlo Baciocchi by Lorenzo Bartolini and its replicas This paper traces the history of a marble bust of Girolamo Carlo Baciocchi, son of Elisa Bonaparte and Felice Baciocchi. The piece, by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850), is housed in Versailles and has often been mistaken to be the bust of the King of Rome that the Monegasque sculptor François–Joseph Bosio (1768–1845) presented at the Paris Salon in 1812. This paper disputes this identification, given the discovery of a new marble replica of Bartolini’s portrait in the crypt of the Baciocchi chapel in San Petronio, Bologna, where Girolamo is buried. DAMIANO IACOBONE The completion of the facade of the church–ossuary of Mussoi in Belluno (1935–1949): The architect Alberto Alpago–Novello and the figurative arts The paper focuses on the completion of the church–ossuary of Mussoi in Belluno, in particular the fresco planned for its façade. The subject of the fresco was originally conceived by the church’s designer, the architect Alberto Alpago–Novello (1889–1985). Various artists, including Aldo Carpi, Luigi Tito, Luigi Filocamo, Pino Casarini and Pietro Cortellezzi, had drawn up their own original plans for the work, prior to its conception. Ultimately, the fresco was created by Cortellezzi, and finished in 1949, over a decade after the church’s construction. Though an apparently complicated business, it is a perfect example of the relationship between the exponents of different arts in the interwar period. Prominent architects of the time aspired to artistic complexity in their work. The multiplicity of the stakeholders involved in such a project is also emblematic; from the church’s patronage, being the main benefactor, to the building’s designer, each intent on having their say in the work’s completion. PAOLA D’AGOSTINO The renovation of the Orsanmichele Museum This brief paper illustrates the renovation, safety measures and improved access put in place, and the redesigned layout of the Orsanmichele Complex in Florence, an emblematic landmark steeped in the city’s history of commerce, guilds, arts and religious devotion. The works were finalised in 2023, made possible thanks to an exceptional loan from the Ministry of Culture, as part of its 2017–2018 “Major Cul- tural Heritage Projects” initiative. The winning project, by the two architectural firms Map and Natalini, was chosen by a committee of Ministry officials in 2019. Hand in hand with the building’s renovation, the pieces on display in the complex underwent maintenance and restoration. STEFANIA BISAGLIA – LIA MONTEREALE Compulsory purchase orders prior to export: Safeguarding artworks in case of non–acquisition The paper examines issues concerning Article 70 of Legislative Decree No. 42 of 2004, the “Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code”. It outlines procedures that must be followed by the export offices of the Ministry of Culture in the event of an unsuccessful compulsory purchase order. The Directorate General for Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape has set out interpretative clarifications on the appropriate course of action. The paper outlines the Ministry’s stance, underlining its efforts to strengthen compul- sory purchase procedures in the case of an item being declared of national cultural interest. Under the new guidelines, export offices can present a compulsory purchase order even if only one of the criteria specified in Ministerial Decree No. 537 of 2017 is met. Previously at least two criteria needed to be met before a free movement certificate could be withheld. DANIELE SANGUINETI – NINO SILVESTRI The “refound” Spinola Clock: A masterpiece of sculpted Baroque furnishing for the National Gallery of Liguria The grandiose clock is a rare example of late Baroque furnishings present in Genoese homes. It was first mentioned by Federigo Alizeri in his 1875 Guida illustrativa as standing in the hall of Palazzo Spinola all’Acquasola in Genoa (now the headquarters of the Prefecture on via Roma). Back then, this was the town-house of the Lerma branch of the Marquises of Spinola. Andrea, Giovanni Battista, Antonio and Stefano, the sons of Luigi, had purchased the Palazzo in 1859 from Massimiliano Spinola, Count of Tassarolo. The four had previously resided in Palazzo Lercari Spinola. It seems probable that the furnishings, including the clock, were brought here from their former residence on via degli Orefici. This was Luigi’s family home, where their ancestor Giovanni Filippo Spinola had had some of the living rooms decorated in the very early 18th century by Domenico Parodi’s workshop. Alizeri had attributed the ornamental work to Anton Maria Maragliano, a renowned wood sculptor active in Genoa from the late 17th to early 18th centuries.
Gladius, 2015
Routledge eBooks, 2017
Revista Militar, 2023
The Professional Medical Journal
Jurnal Teknologi, 2021
Among Unknown Tribes. Rediscovering the Photographs of Explorer Carl Lumholtz, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, E.U. , 2014
Спелеология и спелестология. №2, 2022
Journal of Controlled Release, 1999
2016
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1999
Clinical Optometry, 2021
SSR Institute of International Journal of Life Sciences, 2024
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2017
Pernatye Hiŝniki i Ih Ohrana, 2018
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988
Metabolic Brain Disease, 2017
Journal of Audiology and Otology, 2020
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2008