Il cosiddetto Omero della Galleria degli Uffizi

Author

Morricone Matini, Maria Luisa

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

Italian

Source

Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti. Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche. 1992, Num. 1-3, Vol. 3, 163-192, 19 ill.

ISSN

0391-8181

Abstract (en)

Traces the literature on the black marble bust Portrait of Homer (Florence, Uffizi) and other similar sculptures of classical Greek authors, revealed in the late 19th c. as Renaissance forgeries. At least five similar busts, all from the Renaissance or later, are now known. (Two busts, one of which is identifiable with the Homer, were reported by Pirro Ligorio to have been excavated on the Aventine Hill in Rome.) Proposes several ancient models for the busts, and discusses humanist antiquarianism and the taste for private libraries with sculpted portrait busts of authors displayed alongside the books.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Italy
• Sculpture
• Forgery
• Renaissance
• Bust of Homer
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• 1500-1600
• Libraries
• Studioli
• Roman [style]
• Busts
• Portraits
• Antiquarianism
• Roma (ITA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Italie
• Sculpture
• Faux
• Renaissance
• Buste d'Homère
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• 1500-1600
• Bibliothèque
• Studiolo
• Romain (art)
• Buste
• Portrait
• Antiquarianisme
• Roma (ITA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00349838

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