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Art and festivities in eighteenth-century Rome: letters from a Portuguese priest, 1721–22

05/2018 | 1382 | 160

Pages: 387-393

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Author:

Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)

Subjects

artists:

Fuga, Ferdinando / Rainaldi, Carlo / Michelangelo / Maratti, Carlo / Rosa, Salvator / Cornacchini, Agostino / Legros, Pierre, II, 1666-1719 / Rusconi, Camillo / Domenichino / Raphael / Reni, Guido

buildings:

Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy

dates:

1700-1749

media:

Architecture / Bronzes / Drawings / Interiors / Paintings / Sculpture / Reliefs / Reliquaries / Textiles / Silks / Silverwork

patrons:

John V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750 / Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721 / Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623

places:

Italy / Rome / Portugal / Lisbon

subjects:

Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Churches / Chapels / Apparati (Italian pageants) / Pageants / Religious ceremonies / Collections, Private / Patronage / Papacy / Diplomacy / Travel / Catholicism / Jesuits / Correspondence

works:

Apollo Belvedere / Belvedere Torso / Laocoön (Vatican Museums, Rome)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. and 2. A mechanism to raise and lower lamps in churches, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.395r and 396v of Jesuitas, Armário Jesuítico, Livro 27; Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, hereafter ANTT).

Attributed works:

11. The instruments for the making of the Agnus Dei, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.385r of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).

Attributed works:

12, 13 and 14. Decorations for the Corpus Domini procession, Rome, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.403r, 403v and 404r of Jesuitas, Livro 27, ANTT).

Attributed works:

3. Piazza del Esquilino and S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, by Alessandro Specchi. 1702. Engraving, 44.5 by 68.1 cm. (Photograph Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

4. The altar of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Gesù, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona. 1669. (Fondo Edifici di Culto, Ministero dell’Interno, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).

Attributed works:

5. The gallery in Palazzo Colonna, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.378v of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).

Attributed works:

6. Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in glory, by Pierre Legros. 1697–99. Marble. (S. Ignazio, Rome).

Attributed works:

7. Charlemagne, by Agostino Cornacchini. 1725. Marble. (St Peter’s Basilica, Rome).

Attributed works:

8 and 9. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli on the occasion of the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.421v and 422r of Jesuitas, Livro 27 ANTT).

Western art unattributed:

10. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli for the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, July 1722. Black ink on paper, 45 by 60 cm. (Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, GS 3673).

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Palazzo Borghese Studies - II: The Galleria

01/1962 | 706 | 104

Pages: 9-20

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Author:

Hibbard, Howard (Hibbard, Howard)

Subjects

artists:

Rainaldi, Carlo

artists:

Fancelli, Cosimo

artists:

Grimaldi, Francesco, 1560-1626 ca.

artists:

Cortona, Pietro da

buildings:

Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699

patrons:

Borghese family

patrons:

Borghese, Giovanni Battista, Prince, act. 17th c.

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian architecture / Palaces

subjects:

Italian painting / Roman iconography / Emperors

subjects:

Italian sculpture

subjects:

Baroque / Classicism

subjects:

Documents

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Galleria, Palazzo Borghese, Rome, by Carlo Rainaldi, Giovan Francesco Grimaldi, Cosimo Fancelli, et al.

Attributed works:

11. Detail of Vault of Galleria, Palazzo Borghese. Clockwise from Bottom Right (See Numbering on Fig.ii, p.11): Caligula (4); Claudius (5); Nero (6); Domitian (12); Nerva (13); Trajan (14). Centre: Invicta Roma Aeterna (A).

Attributed works:

12. Detail of Vault of Galleria, Palazzo Borghese. Clockwise from Right: Ohto (8); Vitellius I (9); Vespasian (10).

Attributed works:

13. Detail of Vault of Galleria, Palazzo Borghese. Clockwise from Bottom: Caesar (1); Augustus (2); Tiberius (3); 'Priestess' (C); Vitellius II (15); Titus II (16).

Attributed works:

14. Tiberius at the Funeral of Augustus (3). Detail of Fig.13.

Attributed works:

15. Nerva's Liberality (13). Detail of Fig.11.

Attributed works:

16. Bust of Vitellius, by Cosimo Fancelli. (Galleria Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

17. Detail of Galleria, Palazzo Borghese, Showing Enfilade. Mirror at Left, Probably Painted by Niccolò Stanchi; Mirror at Right, Probably Painted by André Bosman.

Attributed works:

18. Detail of Chapel, Palazzo Borghese. Water; Christ Appearing to His Mother; Fire.

Attributed works:

19. Faith, by Cosimo Fancelli. Tomb of Clement IX. (S. Maria Maggiore, Rome.)

Attributed works:

20. Detail of Galleria, Palazzo Borghese. Mirror Painted by Ciro Ferri (putti) and Niccolò Stanchi.

Attributed works:

21. Tomb of Cardinal Carlo Bonelli, by Carlo Rainaldi. (S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome.)

Attributed works:

i. Plan of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome. Wing towards the Ripetta. A - Room Painted by G. F. Grimaldi. B - Chapel. C - Galleria.

Western art unattributed:

ii. Palazzo Borghese, Rome. Galleria. Diagram of Vault Decoration.

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Palazzo Borghese Studies I: The Garden and Its Fountains

06/1958 | 663 | 100

Pages: 204-212+215

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Author:

Hibbard, Howard (Hibbard, Howard)

Subjects

artists:

Schor, Johann Paul

artists:

Carcani, Filippo

artists:

Retti, Leonardo

artists:

Maglia, Michele

artists:

Ferrata, Ercole

artists:

Cavallini, Francesco

artists:

Fancelli, Cosimo

artists:

Rainaldi, Carlo

buildings:

Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy

dates:

1650-1699

patrons:

Borghese, Giovanni Battista, Prince, act. 17th c.

patrons:

Borghese family

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Documents

subjects:

Sculpture gardens

subjects:

Gardens / Fountains

subjects:

Classical mythology / Iconography / Flora

subjects:

Italian architecture / Italian sculpture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

22. Plan (Letarouilly) of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome, c.1850.

Attributed works:

23. Left Fountain Seen from the Cortile. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

24. Garden Fountains. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

25. Central Fountain, by Leonardo Retti and Assistants. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

26. Left Fountain Showing Original Wall Decoration. From Venturini, Le Fontane di Roma, c.1682.

Attributed works:

27. Central Fountain Showing Original Wall Decoration. From Venturini, Le Fontane di Roma, c.1682.

Attributed works:

28. Left Fountain, by Francesco Cavallini, Michele Maglia and Assistants. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

29. Right Fountain, by Filippo Carcani, Michele Maglia and Assistants. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Attributed works:

30. Drawing for Candelabrum (?), by Johann Paul Schor. (Gabinetto delle Stampe e Disegni (Farnesina), Rome.)

Western art unattributed:

31. Sarcophagus Fountain. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

Western art unattributed:

32. Left Fountain from Entrance Portal of Palace. (Palazzo Borghese, Rome.)

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Settecentismo [Seicentismo]

10/1922 | 235 | 41

Pages: 158-159+162-165+168-169

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Author:

Fry, Roger E. (Fry, Roger E.; Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.); F., R. E.; Fry, R. E.; F., R.; F.)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

artists:

Liss, Johann

artists:

Rainaldi, Carlo

artists:

Borromini, Francesco

artists:

Cortona, Pietro da

dates:

1600-1699

places:

Italy / Rome / Venice

subjects:

Italian painting / Baroque / Architecture

subjects:

Italian architecture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Fig. Cupola and Lantern of the Sapienza, by Borromini

Attributed works:

Plate I. A-The Conversion of St. Paul, by Caravaggio. Canvas. (Church of S. Maria del Popolo, Rome). Settecentismo

Attributed works:

Plate II. B-Elijah in the Wilderness, by Domenico Feti. Canvas. (Royal Gallery, Berlin). Settecentismo

Attributed works:

Plate II. C-Venus and the Three Graces, by Giovanni Lys. Canvas. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence). Settecentismo

Attributed works:

Plate III. D-S. Maria della Pace, by Pietro da Cortona. Façade. (Rome). Settecentismo

Attributed works:

Plate III. E-S. Maria in Via Lata, by Pietro da Cortona. Façade. (Rome). Settecentismo

Attributed works:

Plate IV. F-S. Maria di Monte Santo, by Rainaldi. (Rome). Settecentismo

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