Libro de' Disegni

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Libro de' Disegni
Filippino Lippi, Botticelli, and Raffaellino del Garbo
National Gallery of Art

The Libro de' Disegni (Italian for Book of Drawings) was a collection of drawings gathered, sorted and grouped by Giorgio Vasari whilst writing his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. By the time of his death in 1574 it is thought to have contained around 526 drawings, of which 162 are now in the Louvre and 83 in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.[1] There are also drawings from the Libro in the prints and drawings departments of the Uffizi, the British Museum, the Albertina, the National Gallery of Art and other institutions.

Origins and dispersal[]

Some art historians believe they were gathered to illustrate Vasari's Lives directly, as a visual index of the artists' works, whilst others believe it was a separate document in its own right. In his preface to the Lives, Vasari described his reasons for writing:

When I took on the task of writing about the life of the great artists ... I made a choice, which I have also explained, between what was good, what was better and what was perfect. I carefully pointed out the techniques, aspects, styles, particularities and fantasies of painters and sculptors. I also tried my best to reveal to those who did not succeed alone the causes and origins of different styles, and the ascending or descending curve followed by arts in different epoques and among different characters

No text reveals why Vasari compiled his collection of drawings, but it was probably to illustrate the styles of the different artists he wrote about and to show how he had divided them "into three parts, or rather let us call them periods, between the rebirth of the arts and our own time - each of these is distinguished from the others by manifest differences". The earliest drawing in the collection was by Cimabue and the latest dated to Vasari's own time. In the 1550 and 1568 editions of the Lives Vasari insisted on drawings as documents which allowed the viewer to perceive the maniera of the great masters of painting and mentioned when he owned one or two drawings by a particular artist, such as at the end of his life of Filippo Lippi: ("Fra Filippo drew very well, as one can see in my own Libro of the most famous painters, in the preparatory drawings for the altarpiece at Santo Spirito and the frescoes in the Prato chapel.") and in his life of Sandro Botticelli ("Sandro's drawings were of a totally unique excellence; and, after his death, more and more artists have been keen to have some of his drawings; and I myself, in my collection, have a few which were done with great care and judgement").

Giorgio Vasari was one of the founders of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno set up in Florence by Cosimo I of Tuscany in 1563. He and the other founders wished to use this academy to promote artists above the status of artisans.[2][3] He was also a passionate collector of drawings and in his Libro he set them in his own paper frames and gathered drawings by one or more painters on a single sheet. In 1528 he received a collection of Lorenzo Ghiberti's drawings, as one of Ghiberti's descendants.[4]

After Vasari's death, the sheets of the Libro were initially bought in 1574 by the Florentine collector Niccolò Gaddi (1537-1591).[5] They were then sold by Gaddi's heirs before 18 May 1638, the date of death of Lorenzo Sabbatini, who had been put in charge of the Libro. They were then dispersed among the Medici, Arundel, Quesnel, Crozat and Mariette collections during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Collections[]

European collections[]

Albertina[]

Albertina, Vienna
Artist Subject Inventory
Number
Acquired
from
Online
Bezzi Giovanni Francesco Standing male figure 2000 Teschen 1822 Entry
Carpaccio Vittore Study of three standing men

The "Cavaliere della Scalza" seen from behind, with a young boy in profile
.
1456r

1456v
.
Teschen 1822
Teschen 1822
Entry

Entry
.
Garbo Raffaellino Studies of hands

Profile of a young woman
.
4858

17620
.
Teschen 1822
Teschen 1822
Entry

Entry
.
Ghirlandaio Davide Standing draped man 39 Teschen 1822 Entry
Ghirlandaio Domenico Christ blessing, surrounded by angels 511 Teschen 1822 Entry
Granacci Francesco Study of heads 14179 Teschen 1822 Entry
Liberale da Verona Two studies of women 17617 Teschen 1822 Entry
Lippi Filippo Kneeling angel 41 Teschen 2623 Entry
Mazzola Francesco Self portrait in an ornamental frame 33 Teschen 2623 Entry
Orsi Lelio Jesus in the Temple 581 Teschen 2623 Entry
Porta Bartolomeo della Two studies of a standing man 4875 Teschen 1822 Entry
Primaticcio Francesco Self-portrait as an old man 1965 Teschen 1822 Entry
Ramenghi Giovanni Battista Mystic Marriage of St Catherine 2006 Teschen 1822 Entry
Uccello Paolo Portrait of Leonardo Bruni in profile 46 Teschen 1822 Entry
Vasari Lazzaro Two men dressed in eastern costume 33 Teschen 1822 Entry
Vinci Leonardo da Study of heads 14179 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century A bishop 13128 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century Study of a nude young man seen from behind 12r Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century Tomb of pope Sixtus IV 21 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century Two standing men 22r Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century Two standing men 22v Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century One man seated, one man kneeling 23r Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century One man seated, one man kneeling 23v Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 15th century The Mocking of Christ 20 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 15th century Old monk in profile, possibly Savonarola 61 r Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 16th century Study of angels 61 v Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Siennese painter, 16th century Head of a young girl 2790 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th century Brother Andrea de Servi in profile, wearing a hood 28 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th century Tonsured monk in profile 29 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th century Portrait of prior Michel Berteldi in profile 30 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th century Poet wearing a laurel wreath 31 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th century Jupiter embracing Callisto whilst disguised as Diana 514 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th century Jupiter embracing Antiope whilst disguised as a satyr 515 Teschen 1822 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th century Male pilgrim in a hood 25 Teschen 1822 Entry

British Museum[]

British Museum
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Carpaccio Vittore Nude couple with demons; self-portrait. 1895,0915.807 John Wingfield Malcolm 1895 Entry
Garbo Raffaellino del Studies of hands

Study for a Resurrection
.
Pp,1.14

Pp,1.32
.
Richard Payne Knight 1824
Richard Payne Knight 1824
Entry

Entry
.
School of Gozzoli Benozzo Two saints 1882,0812.218 Henry Hobhouse 1882 Entry
School of Lippi Filippino Nude man holding a bow

One man seated, one man standing, possibly for a St Sebastian
.
Pp,1.4

Pp,1.15
.
Richard Payne Knight 1824
Richard Payne Knight 1824
Entry

Entry
.
Perugino Pietro Head of an old man Pp,1.28 Richard Payne Knight 1824 Entry
Santacroce Girolamo da Saints Roch, Christopher and Sebastian 1900,0717.32 Colnaghi 1900 Entry
Sciarpelloni Lorenzo Virgin Adoring the Christ Child Pp,1.30 Richard Payne Knight 1824 Entry
Tibaldi Pellegrino Seated sibyl Pp,2.187 Richard Payne Knight 1824 Entry
Anonymous Florentine artist, 15th century Animals 1935,1214.2.1 Colnaghi 1935 Entry

Ecole des Beaux Arts[]

Ecole des Beaux Arts
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Anonymous Italian painter, c.1370 Life of saint Potitus[6] Recto + Verso

Louvre[]

The first drawings from the Libro de' Disegni to enter the French national collection were bought by Everhard Jabach, probably when the Arundel collections were sold in 1646 and 1654 after his and his widow's deaths.[7] They then passed from Jabach into Louis XIV's drawings collection in 1671. Further sheets from the Libro were added when the French royal collection bought part of the collection of Mariette in 1755 and when Saint-Morys's collection was seized by the revolutionary government in 1793. These later additions may have originated in the sale of the Crozat collection, for which a catalogue survives. Part of the Mariette collection was sold to the royal collection in 1775. Other pages entered the French national collection from émigré goods seized by the revolutionary government and via gift and purchase.

Musée du Louvre
Artists Subject Inventory
number
Acquired from Online
Allegri Antonio
Copy after Antonio Allegri
Bust of a nude seated woman, head of a child : study for Leda and the Swan
Profile of St John the Baptist
5922
6019
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Entry
Entry
Bandinelli Baccio Nude man kneeling, seen in profile, undressing
Neptune, with sea monsters at his feet
105
122
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Beccafumi Domenico Torso of a woman, without head and arms, seen full-face, possibly Venus
Hercules, from behind, legs apart, holding his club
Standing woman, facing the viewer, possibly Venus
Torture with the estrapade
Nude man lying on the ground, possibly a river god
255
255 bis
255 ter
256
257
Mariette 1775
Mariette 1775
Mariette 1775
Mariette 1775
Mariette 1775
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Bertoja Jacopo Venus in her chariot and Cupid on the clouds
Hercules with an old man and a woman, possibly Omphale
6064
6064 bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Bezzi Giovanni Francesco Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple 7049 Saint-Morys 1793 Entry
[a] Lamentation of Christ 652 Saint-Morys 1793 Entry
school of Sandro Botticelli Helmeted male head ; man in drapery, leaning to the right
Two standing men in drapery
678 Recto
678 Verso
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Entry
Entry
Campi Antonio The Flagellation
The Martyrdom of St Agatha
6260
6268
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Clovio Giulio Statue of Hercules on a pedestal, with men drawing and contemplating it
Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by several figures
48
2820
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Adoration of the Shepherds
Standing man, seen from behind
1112
1113
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Dosio Giovanni Antonio Virgin and Child 1156 Jabach 1671 Entry
Farinati Paolo St Jerome in the Desert
Allegory of the honour of Giacomo Foscarini
4847
4875
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Fiammeri Giovanni Battista The Dead Christ Held Up By An Angel and Four Saints 3107 Jabach 1671 Entry
Fontana Giovanni Battista
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Fontana
Weeping over the dead Christ
Christ collapsing under the weight of the cross
4914
5084
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
, known as Zoppino da Modena Young woman helping a hermit out of a pit
Battling tritons
6306
6307
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Franciabigio
Attributed to Franciabigio
Study for an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Francis and the Archangel Gabriel
Holy Conversation : Virgin and Child with two saints
1202
1671
Jabach 1671
Mariette 1775
Entry
Entry
Franco Battista Study for The Resurrection of Christ and murder scene
Standing woman holding up her left arm : study for Achilles recognised among the daughters of Lycomedes
Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders
Study of soldiers for The Resurrection of Christ
Figures after the antique : guerriers, cupids driving chariots, Hercules
Study for doctors of the law in Christ among the doctors
4932
4946
4946 Bis
4958
4966
4985
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Francucci Innocenzo The Resurrection of Lazarus 8262 Jabach 1671 Entry
Christ at the column 3109 Jabach 1671 Entry
Ligorio Pirro The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
An angel crowning the Christ Child with thorns, adored by St Jerome and the Virgin Mary
The Virgin and Child looking at an old man
Prisoners kneeling before an enthroned king
9680
9682
9684
9684 Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Manzuoli Tommaso,
known as Maso da San Friano
Warrior and old man sitting holding a lyre, both seen from behind
Standing figure, right profile
Standing monk three-quarters face with joined hands
Dinner in the house of Simon the Pharisee
Michael the Archangel holding a sword and scales and trampling the dragon underfoot
Draped woman, flying near a nude old man sleeping on a bed
1306
1306A
1306B
1306C
1306D
1306E
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Marchesi Girolamo Adoration of the Shepherds 8382 Jabach 1671 Entry
Mascherini Ottaviano Annunciation with God the Father and the Holy Spirit
Adoration of the shepherds
Virgin and Child enthroned with a papal saint and a priest-martyr
Virgin and Child enthroned between Michael the Archangel and St John the Evangelist
8383
8385
8386
8386Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Frieze : children playing with a wolf and a lioness, with the lioness breastfeeding one of them
Frieze : children playing with a wolf and a lioness
Frieze : Triumph of Ariadne
Frieze : seven cupids on seahorses
1326
1326 A
1326 B
1326 C
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Male mask 8399 Saint-Morys 1793 Entry
Moro Battista del Dead Christ, supported by two angels and mourned by the Virgin Mary
Christ at the column
5080
5080 Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Diana and Endymion 5083 Jabach 1671 Entry
Christ and the Samaritan Woman 2799 Jabach 1671 Entry
Musi Agostino dei Semi-nude woman leaning on a pedestal in a landscape 3585 Jabach 1671 Entry
Muziano Girolamo The Resurrection of Lazarus
Christ handing the keys to St Peter
Noli me tangere
St Francis receiving the stigmata
5094
5095
5095 Bis
5107
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Passarotti Bartolomeo Apollo, standing, holding his bow and arrows, with his lyre at his feet 8464 Jabach 1671 Entry
Copy after
Giovanni Francesco Penni
Birth and naming of St John the Baptist 4268 Jabach 1671 Entry
Peruzzi Baldassarre Tommaso
Attributed to Peruzzi
Copy after Peruzzi
Satirical allegory : Mercury purged
A ruse of war
Plan for a circular image with scenes from the stories of Moses and Joseph
1419
1422
4259
Mariette 1775
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria
St Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Lucy, standing, facing the viewer, her head in left profile
8506
8507
8507Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Pippi Giulio
known as Giulio Romano
Virgin and Child with Saints Stephen, Jerome, Antony the Great and George
The Fall of Icarus
A long-haired dog
Female captive, seated in front of trophies
Victory with trophies, writing on a shield
David holding the head of Goliath
3464
3499
3573
3573A
3573B
3573C
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Attributed to Giulio Peppi Seated Virgin playing with the Christ Child
Virgin and Child with Saints Benedict and John the Evangelist
3580
3581
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Primaticcio Francesco Pan, seated in the clouds, surrounded by children floating in the air
Venus seated on the clouds
8563
8563 Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Procaccini Ercole le Vieux Longinus piercing Christ's side between the two thieves 6740 Jabach 1671 Entry
Pupini Biagio The Wedding Feast at Cana
Holy Family surrounded by angels and saints
4286
6858
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Giovanni Battista Ramenghi known as Bagnacavallo Warrior, in classical dress, standing, facing the viewer, holding the shaft of a lance 8894 Jabach 1671 Entry
Robusti Jacopo Lamentation of Christ 5371 Jabach 1671 Entry
Rosso Fiorentino Virgin of Pity 1579 Saint-Morys 1793 Entry
Sabatini Lorenzo Hercules, facing the viewer, holding Cerberus in chains in his left hand
Christ in the Temple among the Doctors
St Peter, standing, three quarter profile, head facing the viewer
The Wedding Feast at Cana
9008
9008A
9008B
9008C
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Salviati Francesco Warrior in classical dress, standing, facing the viewer, holding the shaft of a lance
Kneeling St Jérôme with another monk or friar, possibly St Francis
St John the Evangelist supported by an altar
Male nude, facing the viewer
Veiled female nude, turned to the right, surrounded by a niche
1642
1642A
1642B
1642C
1648
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Samacchini Orazio Virgin Mary with St Joseph, an angel and the sleeping Christ Child
Saint Bibiana, standing, facing the viewer, leaning on a broken column
Holy Family served by angels during the Flight into Egypt
Three soldiers in classical dress, with their heads turned away
Putti disarming Cupid sleeping in his chariot
Nude child, facing the viewer, standing on a medallion, arms spread wide
Nude child, crowned, seen from behind, held by another child's arm
9024
9024A
9024B
9024C
9024D
9024E
9024F
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Sarto Andrea del Study for a head of St Francis

Study of a hand

Main et pieds
Draped and seated man, writing
Head of a bald bearded man, left profile
Five studies of hands

Studies of arms and hands, with one hand holding a loaf of bread

Three studies of legs

Four studies of a left foot

Study of legs

Dragon devouring a snake
Knight putting on his armour
Profile head of a man
1678 Recto
1678 Verso
1679
1680 Recto
1680 Verso
1714

1714A

1714B

1714C

1714D

1724
1724.2
1726
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
William II 1850
William II 1850
William II 1850
William II 1850
William II 1850
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry
Entry
Entry
Schiavone Andrea The Wedding Feast at Cana
Three figures fighting, with an old man seated near a tree
Apollo flaying Marsyas
5450
5452
5452bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Entry
Sciarpelloni Lorenzo

Attributed to Lorenzo Sciarpelloni

.
Three-quarter study of the head of a woman wearing a hair net
Design for a funerary monument
Nude seated child, body turned to the left
Virgin and Child
Nude seated child, holding its right leg.
1783
1788
1792
1792 Bis
1792 Ter
Mariette 1775
Mariette 1775
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry.
[b] Adam and Eve chased from the Earthly Paradise
Mary Magdalene in the desert, seated, turning towards the right
5459
5460
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Tamagni Vincenzo Priest saying Mass
Half-length of a seated man, writing
Five sketches of angels flying and playing instruments
Descent from the Cross; Lamentation.
1246
1247
1247 Bis
1247 Ter.
Mariette 1775
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Entry
Entry
Entry
Entry.
Female warrior receiving weapons from a genius 6789 Jabach 1671 Entry
Tito Santi di The Road to Emmaus 1929 Jabach 1671 Entry
Martydrom of a male saint, possibly St Sebastian 1963 Jabach 1671 Entry
Uccello Paolo Portrait of Louis II of Naples in profile wearing a cap and a crown
Portrait of Manuel Chrysoloras, wearing a bonnet and holding a book
Left profile of a man's head
.
9849
9849 Bis
RF 730
.
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
His de la Salle 1878
Entry
Entry
Entry
.
Vasari Giorgio Design for a scheme for a barrel vault with side arches

Last Judgement altarpiece
Cupid Hunting
2076

2153
2169
Ercole III 1796
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry

Entry
Entry
Zuccaro Federico Annunciation 4539 Jabach 1671 Entry
Anonymous Florentine artist, 15th century Dog seizing a hare
Study of a nude man on a bed
Half-length of a nude man, seen from behind, holding a baton.
1256
1256 Bis
1256 Ter.
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Saint-Morys 1793
Entry
Entry
Entry.
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th century Christ crucified between the two thieves 9839 Jabach 1671 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, late 16th century Pentecost 1654 Jabach 1671 Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th century Virgin and Child 10029 Jabach 1671 Entry
Anonymous Venetian painter, 16th century Woman standing ina landscape, hands folded and eyes raised to the sky 5659 Jabach 1671 Entry

Munich[]

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Pollaiolo Antonio Study for the equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza

Stockholm[]

The museum acquired 83 drawings from the Libro as part of the Pierre Crozat and Carl Gustaf Tessin collections. They include Domenico Ghirlandaio's Head of an Old Man, a study for his 1490 painting An Old Man and his Grandson, now in the Louvre.[13]

Nationalmuseum
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Ghirlandaio Domenico Portrait of an old man[14] NMH 1/1863 Tessin, then Swedish Royal Collection Entry
Circle of Uccello Paolo Six animal studies[15] NMH 45d/1863 Tessin, then Swedish Royal Collection Entry

Uffizi[]

Uffizi
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Sangallo Giuliano da Tabernacle 1669 A Jean-Baptiste Séroux d'Agincourt 1798 Entry

US collections[]

Metropolitan[]

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Franciabigio Study for an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Two Saints[16]
Pollaiolo Antonio Study for the equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza[17] 1975.1.410 Lehman Collection
Spinelli Parri Study of Giotto's Navicella[18]

National Gallery of Art[]

National Gallery of Art
Artist Subject Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Botticelli Sandro Portrait of a young man, forearm and left hand 1991.190.1
1991.190.1.a
Woodner Collection 1991 Entry
Entry
Garbo Raffaellino del Saints Roch, Antony the Great and Catherine of Alexandria 1991.190.1.h Woodner Collection 1991 Entry
Lippi Filippino Standing young nude

Man with a baton

Studies of different subjects

Dancing putto holding a drape

Angel holding a torch

Two angels holding torches

Standing woman in prayer

Two draped standing women
.
1991.190.1.b

1991.190.1.c

1991.190.1.d

1991.190.1.e

1991.190.1.f

1991.190.1.g

1991.190.1.i

1991.190.1.j
.
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Woodner Collection 1991
Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry

Entry
.

Yale[]

Yale University Art Gallery
Artist Title Inventory
number
Acquired
from
Online

Notes[]

  1. ^ Vasari stated that Giovanni Paolo dal Borgo worked with him from 1546 on the Palazzo della Cancelleria (Giorgio Vasari, Les Vies des meilleurs peintres, sculpteurs et architectes, Book X, p.273 in the edition edited by André Chastel), then in the service of pope Paul III.[8] Nothing else is known about him or his life, though Umberto Gnoli suggests he can be identified with Giovanni Paolo di Cola dal Borgo and that theory was supported by Ricci due to the journal of Berto Alberti,[9] which refers to the death of a painter named Giovanni Paolo del Colle on 19 September 1556. He was mentioned in the marriage register entry for his sister Lodovica di Francesco di Michelangelo dal Colle, dating to 29 November 1538 and showing he was born around 1518. A 1550 document published by Josephine von Henneberg links him to the decoration of the Parisiani chapel in San Marcello al Corso in Rome. He can also be seen assisting Vasari in painting the refectory of the Monteoliveto monastery in Naples, as cited in a 1545 letter from Vasari to Don Miniato Pitti.[10] Giovanni Paolo dal Borgo was one of the original painters of the Borgo San Sepolcro, known between 1542 and 1561 and a nephew of Raffaellino del Colle. Giovanni Paolo del Borgo was a member of Rome's guild of painters.[11]
  2. ^ Serafino da Verona was probably Serafino Serafini (c. 1533, 1595/1605) who belonged to a family of painters from Verona. Most of his works are lost. He painted a fresco of The Virgin and Child with Saints Roch and Sebastian on one of the gates of Castelvecchio. He is also known to have produced a Crucifixion with Saints now held by the parish church in Zimella. Serafino da Verona is cited at the bottom of two pages from Vasari's Libro.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Per Bjurstrom, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Giorgio Vasari (Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 2001)
  2. ^ K. Barzman, The Florentine Accademia del Disegno  : Liberal Education and the Renaissance Artist, p. 14-32, in A. Boschloo ed., Academies of Art Between Renaissance and Romanticism, Leid Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1997
  3. ^ Liana de Girolami Cheney, The Homes of Giorgio Vasari, p. 5-20, Peter Lang Publishing, New York, 2006 ISBN 0-8204-7494-0 (sample)
  4. ^ Liana de Girolami Cheney, Giorgio Vasari's Teachers : Sacred & Profane Art, p.250, note 10, Peter Lang Publishing, New York, 2007 ISBN 978-0-8204-8813-4 (read online)
  5. ^ (in Italian) Vanna Arrighi, Niccolò Gaddi, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
  6. ^ Anna Forlani Tempesti, 'Giorgio Vasari e il Libro dei disegni. Museo cartaceo o Galleria portatile', in Maia Wellington Gahtan (ed.), Giorgio Vasari e la nascita del museo, Firenze, Edifir, 2012, pp. 35-49, SBN IT\ICCU\LIA\0958850.
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