La committenza tradita : riflessioni su un disegno di Stefano Della Bella

Author

Maretti, Alessandra

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

Italian

Source

Medioevo e Rinascimento. 1997, Vol. 11, p. 301-309, 3 p. of pl., 3 ill.

ISSN

0394-7858

Abstract (en)

On the Medici family's patronage of Stefano Della Bella. Studies correspondence (Nov 1650) between Mattias de' Medici (in Siena) and his brother, Leopoldo (in Florence), and identifies a drawing, The Palio in Piazza del Campo, Siena (Florence, Uffizi) as a sketch Mattias commissioned from Della Bella. Also transcribes a previously unpublished letter to Mattias from Della Bella (4 Dec 1650) excusing himself for not having completed the commission. Surmises that the artist never produced a definitive print for Mattias because Leopoldo had become his principle patron. The letters furnish a firm post quem for Stefano's trip to Rome.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Italy
• Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
• Drawing
• Medici, Mattias de', principe, 1613-1667
• Patronage
• 1600-1700
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Medici, Leopoldo de', principe, cardinal, 1617-1675
• Medici family
• Art
• Correspondence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Italie
• Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
• Dessin
• Medici, Mattias de', principe, 1613-1667
• Mécénat
• 1600-1700
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Medici, Leopoldo de', principe, cardinal, 1617-1675
• Medici, famille
• Art
• Correspondance

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00206252

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