Artemisia Gentileschi a Napoli: Studi e documenti
Keywords:
Artemisia Gentileschi, Spanish Viceroyalty, 17th-century Painting, Art Collecting, Art Patronage, Archival ResearchSynopsis
Publisher: UniorPress
Series: Miscellaneous
Pages: 282
Language: Italian
NBN:
Abstract: The volume presents the findings of preparatory research for the exhibition Artemisia Gentileschi in Naples (Naples, Gallerie d’Italia, 2022–2023), serving as a natural complement to its catalogue.
This book brings together in-depth studies exploring how the artist’s personality and work were reflected in contemporary sources. It examines Artemisia’s relationships with academic circles of the time, which helped amplify her fame, as well as documents on the 17th-century decoration of Pozzuoli Cathedral, commissioned by Bishop Martín de León y Cárdenas, in which Gentileschi collaborated alongside leading artists active in Naples. Also included is a survey of paintings attributed to Artemisia in 17th- and 18th-century Neapolitan notarial inventories, a previously unpublished description of the now-destroyed San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, which raises questions regarding the artist’s burial in the church of the Tuscan nation in Naples, and the complete documentation on the acquisition of the Annunciation—now housed in Capodimonte—for the Bourbon collections, the first dated work from Artemisia’s long Neapolitan stay.
This publication serves as both a valuable research tool and a reference point for future studies on Artemisia within the context of the Spanish Viceroyalty.
Downloads
