The Farnese family and the Barbara Gonzaga collection of antique cameos

Author

Brown, Clifford Malcolm

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the history of collections. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 6, 145-151, 1 ill.

ISSN

0954-6650

Abstract (en)

A letter written in Nov 1545 to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese by the Modenese antiquarian Pellegrino di Leuti sheds new light on Paul III's interest in antique gems and helps to document a hitherto overlooked collection of cameos owned by the countess of Caiazzo, Barbara Gonzaga. (Includes an appendix with indirect evidence concerning the collection of antique gems and sculpture owned by Barbara's brother-in-law, Cardinal Federigo Sanseverino).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Italy
• Paul III, pope, 1468-1549
• Cameos
• Ancient [art]
• Correspondence
• Farnese, Alessandro, cardinal, 1520-1589
• 1545
• Leuti, Pellegrino di, act.1530-1547
• Gonzaga, Barbara, contessa di Caiazzo, act.1499-1533
• Collections
• Gems
• Antiquarianism
• Collectors
• Italy
• Sanseverino, Federico, cardinal, ca.1450-1516
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Italie
• Paul III, pape, 1468-1549
• Camée
• Antique (art)
• Correspondance
• Farnese, Alessandro, cardinal, 1520-1589
• 1545
• Leuti, Pellegrino di, act.1530-1547
• Gonzaga, Barbara, contessa di Caiazzo, act.1499-1533
• Collections
• Gemme
• Antiquarianisme
• Collectionneurs
• Italie
• Sanseverino, Federico, cardinal, v.1450-1516
• Art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00314807

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