Around 1680, the Church of Santa Barbara of the Confraternita e Universita dei Librai (Booksellers confraternity and university) in Rome was the object of a major restoration campaign. Among the various artists involved in work at the site, which was funded by the Florentine bookseller Zenobio Masotti, were the architects Agostino Martinelli and Giuseppe Passari, the painter Luigi Garzi and the sculptor Domenico Guidi. The scope of the article is to bring to light several aspects of the 1680 restoration, with the additional help of newly discovered sources that add to our knowledge of the figure of Giuseppe Passari. As well, the architectural vicissitudes, role of patronage, some aspects of the iconography of the paintings by Garzi, and the dating of Masotti s sepulchral monument by Domenico Guidi are treated.
Il rifacimento della Chiesa di Santa Barbara dei Librai di Roma (1679-1688). Il committente Zenobio Masotti e l’attività artistica di Agostino Martinelli, Giuseppe Passari, Luigi Garzi e Domenico Guidi
Di Cola D.
2014-01-01
Abstract
Around 1680, the Church of Santa Barbara of the Confraternita e Universita dei Librai (Booksellers confraternity and university) in Rome was the object of a major restoration campaign. Among the various artists involved in work at the site, which was funded by the Florentine bookseller Zenobio Masotti, were the architects Agostino Martinelli and Giuseppe Passari, the painter Luigi Garzi and the sculptor Domenico Guidi. The scope of the article is to bring to light several aspects of the 1680 restoration, with the additional help of newly discovered sources that add to our knowledge of the figure of Giuseppe Passari. As well, the architectural vicissitudes, role of patronage, some aspects of the iconography of the paintings by Garzi, and the dating of Masotti s sepulchral monument by Domenico Guidi are treated.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
