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
ArtistSubjectInventory
Number
Acquired
from
Online
Bezzi Giovanni FrancescoStanding male figure2000Teschen 1822Entry
Carpaccio VittoreStudy 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 RaffaellinoStudies of hands

Profile of a young woman
.
4858

17620
.
Teschen 1822
Teschen 1822
Entry

Entry
.
Ghirlandaio DavideStanding draped man39Teschen 1822Entry
Ghirlandaio DomenicoChrist blessing, surrounded by angels511Teschen 1822Entry
Granacci FrancescoStudy of heads14179Teschen 1822Entry
Liberale da VeronaTwo studies of women17617Teschen 1822Entry
Lippi FilippoKneeling angel41Teschen 2623Entry
Mazzola FrancescoSelf portrait in an ornamental frame33Teschen 2623Entry
Orsi LelioJesus in the Temple581Teschen 2623Entry
Porta Bartolomeo dellaTwo studies of a standing man4875Teschen 1822Entry
Primaticcio FrancescoSelf-portrait as an old man1965Teschen 1822Entry
Ramenghi Giovanni BattistaMystic Marriage of St Catherine2006Teschen 1822Entry
Uccello PaoloPortrait of Leonardo Bruni in profile46Teschen 1822Entry
Vasari LazzaroTwo men dressed in eastern costume33Teschen 1822Entry
Vinci Leonardo daStudy of heads14179Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryA bishop13128Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryStudy of a nude young man seen from behind12rTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryTomb of pope Sixtus IV21Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryTwo standing men22rTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryTwo standing men22vTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryOne man seated, one man kneeling23rTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 15th centuryOne man seated, one man kneeling23vTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 15th centuryThe Mocking of Christ20Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 15th centuryOld monk in profile, possibly Savonarola61 rTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Florentine painter, 16th centuryStudy of angels61 vTeschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Siennese painter, 16th centuryHead of a young girl2790Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th centuryBrother Andrea de Servi in profile, wearing a hood28Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th centuryTonsured monk in profile29Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th centuryPortrait of prior Michel Berteldi in profile30Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Tuscan painter, 16th centuryPoet wearing a laurel wreath31Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th centuryJupiter embracing Callisto whilst disguised as Diana514Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th centuryJupiter embracing Antiope whilst disguised as a satyr515Teschen 1822Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th centuryMale pilgrim in a hood25Teschen 1822Entry

British Museum

British Museum
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Carpaccio VittoreNude couple with demons; self-portrait.1895,0915.807John Wingfield Malcolm 1895Entry
Garbo Raffaellino delStudies 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 BenozzoTwo saints1882,0812.218Henry Hobhouse 1882Entry
School of Lippi FilippinoNude 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 PietroHead of an old manPp,1.28Richard Payne Knight 1824Entry
Santacroce Girolamo daSaints Roch, Christopher and Sebastian1900,0717.32Colnaghi 1900Entry
Sciarpelloni LorenzoVirgin Adoring the Christ ChildPp,1.30Richard Payne Knight 1824Entry
Tibaldi PellegrinoSeated sibylPp,2.187Richard Payne Knight 1824Entry
Anonymous Florentine artist, 15th centuryAnimals1935,1214.2.1Colnaghi 1935Entry

Ecole des Beaux Arts

Ecole des Beaux Arts
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Anonymous Italian painter, c.1370Life 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
ArtistsSubjectInventory
number
Acquired fromOnline
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 BaccioNude man kneeling, seen in profile, undressing
Neptune, with sea monsters at his feet
105
122
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Beccafumi DomenicoTorso 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 JacopoVenus 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 FrancescoPresentation of the Virgin in the Temple7049Saint-Morys 1793Entry
Borgo Giovanni Paolo dal[lower-alpha 1]Lamentation of Christ652Saint-Morys 1793Entry
school of Sandro BotticelliHelmeted 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 AntonioThe Flagellation
The Martyrdom of St Agatha
6260
6268
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Clovio GiulioStatue 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
Cungi LeonardoAdoration of the Shepherds
Standing man, seen from behind
1112
1113
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Dosio Giovanni AntonioVirgin and Child1156Jabach 1671Entry
Farinati PaoloSt Jerome in the Desert
Allegory of the honour of Giacomo Foscarini
4847
4875
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Fiammeri Giovanni BattistaThe Dead Christ Held Up By An Angel and Four Saints3107Jabach 1671Entry
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
Francesco Maria da Cornazzano, known as Zoppino da ModenaYoung 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 BattistaStudy 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 InnocenzoThe Resurrection of Lazarus8262Jabach 1671Entry
Gabriele da FanoChrist at the column3109Jabach 1671Entry
Ligorio PirroThe 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 GirolamoAdoration of the Shepherds8382Jabach 1671Entry
Mascherini OttavianoAnnunciation 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
Michele da LuccaFrieze : 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
Miruoli GirolamoMale mask8399Saint-Morys 1793Entry
Moro Battista delDead Christ, supported by two angels and mourned by the Virgin Mary
Christ at the column
5080
5080 Bis
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Moro Giulio delDiana and Endymion5083Jabach 1671Entry
Moro Marco delChrist and the Samaritan Woman2799Jabach 1671Entry
Musi Agostino deiSemi-nude woman leaning on a pedestal in a landscape3585Jabach 1671Entry
Muziano GirolamoThe 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 BartolomeoApollo, standing, holding his bow and arrows, with his lyre at his feet8464Jabach 1671Entry
Copy after
Giovanni Francesco Penni
Birth and naming of St John the Baptist4268Jabach 1671Entry
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
Pinariccio FeliceThe 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 PeppiSeated 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 FrancescoPan, 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 VieuxLonginus piercing Christ's side between the two thieves6740Jabach 1671Entry
Pupini BiagioThe Wedding Feast at Cana
Holy Family surrounded by angels and saints
4286
6858
Jabach 1671
Jabach 1671
Entry
Entry
Giovanni Battista Ramenghi known as BagnacavalloWarrior, in classical dress, standing, facing the viewer, holding the shaft of a lance8894Jabach 1671Entry
Robusti JacopoLamentation of Christ5371Jabach 1671Entry
Rosso FiorentinoVirgin of Pity1579Saint-Morys 1793Entry
Sabatini LorenzoHercules, 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 FrancescoWarrior 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 OrazioVirgin 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 delStudy 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 AndreaThe 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.
Serafino da Verona[lower-alpha 2]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 VincenzoPriest 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.
Taraschi GiovanniFemale warrior receiving weapons from a genius6789Jabach 1671Entry
Tito Santi diThe Road to Emmaus1929Jabach 1671Entry
Todi Lucio daMartydrom of a male saint, possibly St Sebastian1963Jabach 1671Entry
Uccello PaoloPortrait 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 GiorgioDesign 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 FedericoAnnunciation4539Jabach 1671Entry
Anonymous Florentine artist, 15th centuryDog 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 centuryChrist crucified between the two thieves9839Jabach 1671Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, late 16th centuryPentecost1654Jabach 1671Entry
Anonymous Italian painter, 16th centuryVirgin and Child10029Jabach 1671Entry
Anonymous Venetian painter, 16th centuryWoman standing ina landscape, hands folded and eyes raised to the sky5659Jabach 1671Entry

Munich

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Pollaiolo AntonioStudy 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
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Ghirlandaio DomenicoPortrait of an old man[14]NMH 1/1863Tessin, then Swedish Royal CollectionEntry
Circle of Uccello PaoloSix animal studies[15]NMH 45d/1863Tessin, then Swedish Royal CollectionEntry

Uffizi

Uffizi
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Sangallo Giuliano daTabernacle1669 AJean-Baptiste Séroux d'Agincourt 1798Entry

US collections

Metropolitan

Metropolitan Museum of Art
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
FranciabigioStudy for an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Two Saints[16]
Pollaiolo AntonioStudy for the equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza[17]1975.1.410Lehman Collection
Spinelli ParriStudy of Giotto's Navicella[18]
National Gallery of Art
ArtistSubjectInventory
number
Acquired
from
Online
Botticelli SandroPortrait of a young man, forearm and left hand1991.190.1
1991.190.1.a
Woodner Collection 1991Entry
Entry
Garbo Raffaellino delSaints Roch, Antony the Great and Catherine of Alexandria1991.190.1.hWoodner Collection 1991Entry
Lippi FilippinoStanding 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
ArtistTitleInventory
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.
  7. Catherine Monbeig-Goguel, Collections de Louis XIV, dessins, albums, manuscrits, p. 46
  8. Musée du Louvre - Inventaire du département des arts graphiques : Borgo, Giovanni Paolo dal)
  9. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani : Alberti, Alberto
  10. Christopher L. C. Ewart Witcombe, A Vasari assistant : Giovanni Paolo del Colle, Source: Notes in the History of Art, volume 6, no. 4, Summer 1987
  11. (in French) Guy-Michel Leproux, La corporation romaine des peintres « et autres » de 1548 à 1574, dans Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 1991, Volume 149, no. 2, p. 293-348
  12. Musée du Louvre - Département des arts graphiques : Serafino da Verona
  13. "Domenico Ghirlandaio, Portrait of an old man, in a border by Giorgio Vasari". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  14. (in Italian) Bernard Berenson, I disegni dei pittori fiorentini, Milano, Electa editr., 1961, SBN IT\ICCU\PUV\0037541, Volume 2, page 166.
  15. (in Italian) 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.
  16. (in Italian) 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.
  17. (in Italian) Bernard Berenson, I disegni dei pittori fiorentini, Milano, Electa editr., 1961, SBN IT\ICCU\PUV\0037541., volume 2, page 446
  18. (in Italian) Bernard Berenson, I disegni dei pittori fiorentini, Milano, Electa editr., 1961, SBN IT\ICCU\PUV\0037541., volume 2, page 425

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