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Artists in biographies by Giovanni Baglione

Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti. Dal Pontificato di Gregorio XII del 1572 in fino a’ tempi di Papa Urbano VIII nel 1642 ("Lives of the painters, sculptors, architects, from the papacies of Gregory XII in 1572 to Urban VIII in 1642") is an art history book by Giovanni Baglione, first published in 1642. It represents an encyclopedic compendium of biographies of the artists active in Rome during late Mannerism and early Baroque. Baglione (1566 – 1643) was a Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian, best remembered for his writings and his acrimonious involvement with the artist Caravaggio, by whom he was nonetheless greatly influenced.

The book was first published in 1642, with a final version published in Naples in 1733, long after Baglione's death, with a biography of Salvator Rosa by Giovanni Battista Passeri as an appendix. The poet Ottavio Tronsarelli may have contributed a good deal of the text. The biographies are structured as a series of days (giornate) for each papacy, recalling the artists active in Rome during that time. Numerous errors are present, and Baglione's prejudices are often clear; however the book is regarded as a very valuable source from a well-placed observer of the Roman art world, who knew most of his subjects personally.


First day: Works of Gregory XIII

Second day (Sixtus V)

Third day (Clement VIII)

  • Pellegrino Pellegrini; p. 58
  • Taddeo Landini; p. 60
  • Santi Titi (Borgo San Sepolcro) (Santi di Tito); p. 61
  • Giacomo Rocca; p. 62
  • Niccolo d’ Aras (Nicolò Pippi D'Arras); p. 63
  • Martino Longhi (the Elder); p. 64
  • Egidio dell Riviera Fiammingo; p. 65
  • Giovanni Alberti del Borgo San Sepolcro; p. 66
  • Flamminio Vacca; p. 67
  • Tommaso Laureti; p. 68
  • Giovanni Battista della Porta; p. 70
  • Jacopino del Conte; p. 71
  • Pietro Paolo Olivieri; p. 72
  • Arrigo Fiammingo; p. 73
  • Giovanni Cosci Fiorentino; p. 74
  • Giovanni Antonio da Valsoldo; p. 74
  • Giacomo della Porta; p. 76
  • Padre Giuseppe Valeriano; p. 78
  • Cavalier Domenico Fontana; p. 79
  • Francesco da Castello; p. 82
  • Paris Nogari; p. 83
  • Stefano Pieri; p. 85
  • Lionardo da Serzana (Leonardo Sarzana); p. 85
  • Fabrizio Parmigiano; p. 86
  • Marco Tullio; p. 88

Fourth day Paul V

  • Cesare Nebbia; p. 110
  • Durante Alberti; p. 111
  • Ventura Salimbene; p. 112
  • Silla da Viggiù; (Silla Giacomo Longhi); p. 114
  • Federico Zuccari; p. 115
  • Niccolo da Pesaro; p. 119
  • Pietro Fachetti; p. 120
  • Giovanni de’ Vecchi del Borgo San Sepolcro; p. 121
  • Cesare Torelli; p. 122
  • Giovanni Fontana; p. 123
  • Cherubino Alberti; p. 125
  • Federigo Barocci; p. 126
  • Flamminio Ponzio ; p. 128
  • Michelangelo da Caravaggio; p. 129
  • Cristofano e Francesco Stati da Bracciano; p. 153
  • Anastasio Fontebuoni Fiorentino
  • Vespasiano Strada Romano; p. 155
  • Marzio di Cola Antonio Romano
  • Carlo Lambardo Aretino; p. 157
  • Cesare and Vincenzo Conti Fratelli; p. 158
  • Tarquinio da Viterbo (Tarquinio Ligustri) and Giovanni Zanna Romano; p. 159
  • Paolo Rossetti da Cento; p. 160
  • Ambrogio Buonvicino Milanese; p. 161
  • Antonio Scalvati; p. 162
  • Giovanni Batista Viola; p. 163
  • Rosato Rosati; p. 164
  • Giovanni Fiammingo; p. 165

Fifth Day Urban VIII

  • Giacomo Palma (Jacopo Palma il Giovane); p. 172
  • Bernardo Castelli; p. 173
  • Cavaliere Pier Francesco Moranzone; p. 174
  • Bartolommeo del Criscenzi; p. 176
  • Tommaso Salini; p. 176
  • Cristofano Roncalli; p. 178
  • Antiveduto Grammatica; p. 180
  • Cesare Rossetti; p. 183
  • Paola Brillo; p. 184
  • Baldassare Croce; p. 186
  • Prospero Orsi; p. 188
  • Avanzino da Citta’ di Castello; p. 188
  • Antonio Pomarancio (Antonio Circignani); p. 189
  • Paolo Guidotti; p. 191

Engravers

  • Francesco Villamena d’Assisi; p. 276
  • Lionardo, Isabella, and Bernardino Parasole; p. 278
  • Giovanni Giorgio Nuovolstella; p. 279
  • Filippo Tommasini Francese; p. 280

Sources

  • Baglione, Giovanni (1733 edition; Digitized by Google Books). Giovanni Battista Passeri (ed.). Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, ed Intagliatori dal Pontificato di Gregorio XII del 1572. fino a’ tempi de Papa Urbano VIII. nel 1642. Naples.
  • Ostrow, Steven F., review of Giovanni Baglione: Artistic Reputation in Baroque Rome by Maryvelma Smith O'Neil, The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep., 2003), pp. 608–611
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