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The 1584 purchase contract for the Medici group of Niobe sculptures
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 26-31
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Author:
Nicolai, Fausto (Nicolai, Fausto)
Subjects
art literature:
Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista de'
collectors and dealers:
Tomassini, Tomaso
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
places:
Rome / Florence
subjects:
Niobe / Sculpture / Purchase / Dating / Contracts / discoveries / Excavations / Reconstructions / Antiquity / Archives
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. The Niobid Room in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. (Courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
Western art unattributed:
2. Fleeing Niobid. Roman copy of a Greek original of the second half of the fourth century BC. Pentelic marble, height 228 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
Western art unattributed:
3. Niobe and her youngest daughter. Roman copy of a Greek original of the second half of the fourth century BC. Pentelic marble, height 228 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
4. The Niobids’ tutor, by Giovan Battista de’ Cavalieri. Engraving, 27 by 21.3 cm. (From G.B. De’ Cavalieri: Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae, Rome 1594, pl.10).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Niobids’ tutor (‘Amphion’). Roman. Pentelic marble, height 181 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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An unknown fresco by Tommaso Laureti in the monastery of Tor de’ Specchi, Rome
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 394-397
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Author:
Nicolai, Fausto (Nicolai, Fausto)
Subjects
artists:
Laureti, Tommaso
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Monastero Tor de'Specchi, Rome, Italy
print:
Laureti, Tommaso
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Documents / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Contracts / Commissions / Churches
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. God the father and angels with the archangel Michael triumphing over the devil, before restoration, by Tommaso Laureti. 1599–1600. Fresco. (Tor de’ Specchi, Rome).
Attributed works:
32. Fig.31 after restoration.
Attributed works:
33. Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna, by Tommaso Laureti. 1587–94. Fresco. (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome).
Attributed works:
34. The Martyrdom of St Susanna, by Tommaso Laureti. 1596–97. Canvas, 230 by 160 cm. (S. Susanna, Rome).
Attributed works:
35. Detail of Fig.32.
Attributed works:
36. Detail of Fig.32.