Malvasia and the study of Carracci drawings

Author

Bohn, Babette

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Master drawings. 1992, Num. 4, Vol. 30, 396-414, 18 ill.

ISSN

0025-5025

Abstract (en)

Investigates the nature of Malvasia's interest in drawings by the Carracci family, and the information to be gleaned from it. Most of Malvasia's references to drawings in Malvasia's biography of the Carracci are not specific; where he does mention individual works, he discusses mainly drawings that served as preparatory studies for paintings or prints; further, he refers most often to drawings in his own extensive collection or that of the painter Lorenzo Pasinelli. Malvasia seems less well informed about the Carracci's early drawings than about their later works, and preferred more finished sheets to sketches.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Carracci family, 16th-17th cs.
• Drawing
• Collections
• Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte, 1616-1693
• Writings
• Collectors
• Italy
• 1600-1700

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Carracci, famille, 16~e-17~e s.
• Dessin
• Collections
• Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte, 1616-1693
• Ecrits
• Collectionneurs
• Italie
• 1600-1700

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367839

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