Between 1545 and 1548 cardinal Tiberio Crispo created a fresco cycle destinated to embellish the Sala Governativa per la state at Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia. At that time the palace was his residence where he lived as papal legate. Since 1822, these frescoes have been wrongly interpretated as a homage to Braccio Fortebraccio. Now, a new reading is proposed: every scene is dedicated to Ottavio Farnese, Paul III’s nephew, and the entire decoration is a great homage to the Farnese family and to his power. Same episodes and iconographical choices will be used for the later decorations housed in Palazzo Farnese in Rome and in Caprarola. The painters at work are those mentioned by ancient scholars: Vincenzo and Lattanzio Pagani, Tommaso Bernabei called Papacello. This study tries to identify the frescoes painted by each one of them and reconstructs the artistic atmosphere where Giorgio Vasari played an important role.

Il ciclo farnesiano del Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia / Zalabra, Federica. - In: STUDI DI STORIA DELL'ARTE. - ISSN 1123-5683. - 22:(2012), pp. 65-82.

Il ciclo farnesiano del Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia

Zalabra, federica
2012

Abstract

Between 1545 and 1548 cardinal Tiberio Crispo created a fresco cycle destinated to embellish the Sala Governativa per la state at Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia. At that time the palace was his residence where he lived as papal legate. Since 1822, these frescoes have been wrongly interpretated as a homage to Braccio Fortebraccio. Now, a new reading is proposed: every scene is dedicated to Ottavio Farnese, Paul III’s nephew, and the entire decoration is a great homage to the Farnese family and to his power. Same episodes and iconographical choices will be used for the later decorations housed in Palazzo Farnese in Rome and in Caprarola. The painters at work are those mentioned by ancient scholars: Vincenzo and Lattanzio Pagani, Tommaso Bernabei called Papacello. This study tries to identify the frescoes painted by each one of them and reconstructs the artistic atmosphere where Giorgio Vasari played an important role.
2012
affreschi; riscoperta; farnese
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Il ciclo farnesiano del Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia / Zalabra, Federica. - In: STUDI DI STORIA DELL'ARTE. - ISSN 1123-5683. - 22:(2012), pp. 65-82.
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