The Aldobrandini Chapel in the church of Minerva, Rome
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Marcello Venusti painted two lost works for the church of S. Maria della Pace in Rome. An original document from the Archive of the Virtuosi al Pantheon and Giorgio Vasari in his Lifes testify that one painting was intended for friar... more
Marcello Venusti painted two lost works for the church of S. Maria della Pace in Rome. An original document from the Archive of the Virtuosi al Pantheon and Giorgio Vasari in his Lifes testify that one painting was intended for friar Desiderio di Adiutorio and represented Christ among the Doctors. The payment of this painting was recently confused with that of the Annunciation painted by Venusti for Cardinal Federico Cesi in the Church of the Pace after the Michelangelo's drawing now in New York, Pierpont Morgan Library.
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the Crucifixion in the Church of San Nicolò al Porto of Rimini, formerly the Celestini monastery, is a work of a painter from the Marche of the middle of the Quattrocento (possibly Ansovino of Camerino?) very close to the anonymous Master... more
the Crucifixion in the Church of San Nicolò al Porto of Rimini, formerly the Celestini monastery, is a work of a painter from the Marche of the middle of the Quattrocento (possibly Ansovino of Camerino?) very close to the anonymous Master of the Tryptic of Camerino (dated 1453) and to Piero della Francesca
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The restoration of the plaster bust of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome is an opportunity to return to the portraits of Michelangelo executed by Daniele da Volterra. Daniele has in fact painted the portrait of Michelangelo several times:... more
The restoration of the plaster bust of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome is an opportunity to return to the portraits of Michelangelo executed by Daniele da Volterra. Daniele has in fact painted the portrait of Michelangelo several times: particularly in the fresco of the church of the SS. Trinità dei Monti, in the panel painting of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, in the bronzes of the Accademia Museum in Florence, etc. The plaster cast of San Luca was executed by Pier Leone Ghezzi after the bronze formerly in the Fabbrica di San Pietro, now in the Museum of Rimini. The author of this bronze is not Daniele, but one of his followers and partner, perhaps Jacopo del Duca.
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Italian Renaissance Art, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giorgio Vasari, Italian Renaissance sculpture, Renaissance Sculpture, and 4 morePier Leone Ghezzi, Daniele Da Volterra, Ancient Bronzes; Renaissance Bronze casting techniques; The transfer of methods of Bronze casting to 16th century painting., and Jacopo del Duca
The Ancestors depicted by Michelangelo on the Sistine Ceiling are interpreted in a new light, comparing the personal connection of the artist with Jews, Venice and the Turk to the ecclesiastical ideology of Pope Julius II
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The Church of St Maria of Scolca was founded by Carlo Malatesta in 1418 and later left to the Benedictin monks of Monte Oliveto in Siena. The Olivetan monastery had a huge archives from the Middle Age to 1797. The Church was decorated by... more
The Church of St Maria of Scolca was founded by Carlo Malatesta in 1418 and later left to the Benedictin monks of Monte Oliveto in Siena. The Olivetan monastery had a huge archives from the Middle Age to 1797. The Church was decorated by Giorgio Vasari in 1547-1548.
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40 tempera on wood, Renaissance Bean Ceiling Tables formerly Myron C. Taylor Coll., Locust Valley, New York, provenance from a Riario Della Rovere palace, here attributed to Jacopo Ripanda
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Two additions to the catalogue of Carlo Saraceni and Guido Cagnacci.
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The paper points out the beginning of Tintoretto in Venice and Terraferma, and its links with Giovanni Galizzi, Domenico Molin and other Venetian artists. Some paintings are illustrated for the first time and some newly rediscovered.
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This entry is a reprint of the catalogue of the collection of the Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì, ed. Donati-Viroli 2006.
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The paper is based on the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Marcello Venusti, a Lombard artist who became a Roman painter. It focus the complex web of documented connections that link Venusti with Michelangelo Buonarroti and Sebastiano... more
The paper is based on the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Marcello Venusti, a Lombard artist who became a Roman painter. It focus the complex web of documented connections that link Venusti with Michelangelo Buonarroti and Sebastiano del Piombo, and the precise role he played in the diffusion of their aesthetic and spiritual ideas. Venusti was not simply a copyist, but a master of colour and a qualified interpreter of Michelangelo and Sebastiano. He became a pillar of the Reform of Art in the Cinquecento, thanks to his role in the diffusion of the ideas of Michelangelo and Victoria Colonna.
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Ingiustamente trascurato dalla critica, il pittore di Santarcangelo fu invece uno degli artefici della magica fioritura artistica che vide protagonista la riviera romagnola nel corso del XX secolo (di Andrea Donati)
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This is the chapter III of the publication "Michelangelo Buonarroti, Jacopino del Conte, Daniele Ricciarelli: ritratto e figura nel manierismo a Roma", San Marino, 2010, pp. 259-297.
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Portraiture, Italian Renaissance Art, Francisco de Hollanda, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giorgio Vasari, and 13 moreMannerism, Renaissance Siena, Baccio Bandinelli, Renaissance Portraiture, Jacopino del Conte, Giuliano Bugiardini, Giulio MAzzoni, Giulio Bonasone, Giorgio Ghisi, Daniele Ricciarelli, Girolamo Coltellini, Francesco del Nero, and Orazio Piatesi
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Alessandro François was the first Estruscan archeologist in Italy. He descovery the famous pot now in the Museum of Florence. Des Vergers financed the escavations of François in the Etruria and he bought the collection of François from... more
Alessandro François was the first Estruscan archeologist in Italy. He descovery the famous pot now in the Museum of Florence. Des Vergers financed the escavations of François in the Etruria and he bought the collection of François from his heirs.
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A new painting by Paolo Farinati and its connection with Durer's engravings.
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A new painting by Damiano Mazza, who wa a pupil of Titian.
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The altarpiece of Pordenone in Gallipoli (Puglia) was quite neglected and now rediscussed with a new historical evidence and the preparation drawing in the Louvre.
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Savoldo painted three version of the Nativity. The altarpiece in Puglia is very close to that in Venice and probably realized in the same time.
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The Ecce Homo is attributed here first to Lotto. It could be the top panel for the documented altarpiece delivered by Lotto to the Church of Giovinazzo, Puglia.
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The preparation oil on paper for the Visitation painted by Sebastiano del Piombo for the King of France now in the Louvre.
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Preparation oil on paper for the Louvre painting
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An addition to the catalogue of Cariani
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La prima completa catalogazione della importante quadreria romana, in una lunga indagine di grande rilievo artistico e filologico (recensione di Andrea Donati).
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Titian depicted several portraits of the Sultan, his wife and daughter, but few paintings survive. All the sources are investigated in order to understand the historical contest and the attribution of the paintings avalable today in some... more
Titian depicted several portraits of the Sultan, his wife and daughter, but few paintings survive. All the sources are investigated in order to understand the historical contest and the attribution of the paintings avalable today in some public and private collections.
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Portraits, Women's Studies, Women's History, Renaissance Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, and 12 morePortraiture, Italian Renaissance Art, Female Islamic Leadership, Titian, Venetian Renaissance art, History of Venice, Portrayal of Women in the Media, Media Ethics, Journalism History, Pietro Aretino, Suleiman the Magnificent, Titian, Tiziano Vecellio, Italico Brass, and Cameria
The images of the Ancestors of Jesus in the Sistine Ceiling are an iconographical and historical enquiry which investigates the relations of Michelangelo with the Pope Julius II, the Jews, the Republic of Venice and the Sultan of the Turks.
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Latona and the Lycian Peasants or Frogs appears in Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses": this painting is a new addition to the catalogue of Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (1660-1738) for the exhibition in Comunanza, August-October 2016
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It is the fourth chapter of the "Michelangelo Buonarroti, Jacopino del Conte, Daniele Ricciarelli: ritratto e figura nel manierismo a Roma", by Andrea Donati, 2010. According to the documents, it is clear that Daniele made twice the... more
It is the fourth chapter of the "Michelangelo Buonarroti, Jacopino del Conte, Daniele Ricciarelli: ritratto e figura nel manierismo a Roma", by Andrea Donati, 2010.
According to the documents, it is clear that Daniele made twice the bronze casting of the portrait of Michelangelo, because the first was unsuccessful. This is a survey of all existing bronzes and try to distinguish the original from copies and imitations.
According to the documents, it is clear that Daniele made twice the bronze casting of the portrait of Michelangelo, because the first was unsuccessful. This is a survey of all existing bronzes and try to distinguish the original from copies and imitations.
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Portraits, Renaissance Studies, Portraiture, Sculpture, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and 10 moreGiorgio Vasari, Italian Renaissance sculpture, El Greco, Rimini, Accademia di San Luca, Roma, Renaissance Portraiture, Daniele Da Volterra, Renaissance Bronze, Ancient Bronzes; Renaissance Bronze casting techniques; The transfer of methods of Bronze casting to 16th century painting., and Daniele Ricciarelli
A new portrait is included in the Paris Bordone's catalogue published by Andrea Donati with Edizioni dei Soncini, 2014
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Girolamo Dente signed the Four Seasons as "Girolamo di Tiziano", but he painted it independently from Titian. This paper investigates the career of one of the most important assistant of Titian inside and outside the workshop of Biri... more
Girolamo Dente signed the Four Seasons as "Girolamo di Tiziano", but he painted it independently from Titian. This paper investigates the career of one of the most important assistant of Titian inside and outside the workshop of Biri Grande.
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El Greco was in Italy for around 9 years, three of which were certainly spent in Rome. This paper investigates over his Italian journay and the connections with the late Mannerism, revisiting the historical sources and the critical... more
El Greco was in Italy for around 9 years, three of which were certainly spent in Rome. This paper investigates over his Italian journay and the connections with the late Mannerism, revisiting the historical sources and the critical literature with a new perspective and new proposals for the development of his formation and style .
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Ekphrasis, Italian Renaissance Art, Titian, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giorgio Vasari, and 14 moreCounter-Reformation art, Mannerism, Pirro Ligorio, El Greco, Lepanto, Fulvio Orsini, Accademia di San Luca, Roma, Giulio Clovio, Giambologna, Guglielmo Della Porta, Farnese Collection, Marcello Venusti, Alessandro Vittoria, and Durante Dorio
Michelangelo offered two little paintings to his beloved assistant Francesco Amadori, called Urbino: the Annunciation and the Crucifixion. After the Amadori's death (3 December 1556) the paintings passed to the collection of the Duke of... more
Michelangelo offered two little paintings to his beloved assistant Francesco Amadori, called Urbino: the Annunciation and the Crucifixion. After the Amadori's death (3 December 1556) the paintings passed to the collection of the Duke of Urbino. In the correspondence with Michelangelo, Cornelia Colonelli, widow of Francesco Amadori, asked him if Marcello Venusti could make a copy of both paintings, because the original paintings were offered by the Duke of Urbino. From the Della Rovere collection they passed to Lucrezia d'Este. When she died, in 1598 she left her collection to the Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini and the paintings passed from Ferrara to Rome. From the Aldobrandini they moved into the Borghese collection until their dispersion approx. 1790-1800. In 1802 the Crucifixion was bought by Luciano Bonaparte, who later sold it to Maria Luisa of Borbone. The Crucifixion appears was mentioned yet in the collection of her son, Carlo Ludovico of Borbone-Lucca. In 1841 he tried to sell the painting in London, probably without success. On the back of the painting there are the number of the Borghese inventory of 1693 and the letters of Carlo Ludovico Borbone. The painting, today in a private collection, was exhibited in "D'après Michelangelo", Milan, Castello Sforzesco, 30 September 2015 - 10 January 2016.
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The Sigismondo Lord of Rimini's portrait by Agostino di Duccio in the Tempio Malatestiano is studied in connection with the symbolism of the victory at the Vada's battle and with the Manetti's oration. The edition of the Manetti's text is... more
The Sigismondo Lord of Rimini's portrait by Agostino di Duccio in the Tempio Malatestiano is studied in connection with the symbolism of the victory at the Vada's battle and with the Manetti's oration. The edition of the Manetti's text is based on two Laurenziana Mss. (Redi 130 and Ashb. 482) and the Ricc. Cod. 1074.
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Humanities, Renaissance Humanism, Illumination (Manuscripts, Books), History of Florence, Italian philology, and 27 morePiero della Francesca, Leon Battista Alberti, Art, Miniature Painting, Carrara Marble, Quattrocento, Firenze, History of the Crown of Aragon, Condottiere, EROI, Rimini, 15th Century Florence, Ciriaco d'Ancona, Renaissance Florence, Filippo Lippi, Studi Umanistici, Storia Di Firenze, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Tempio Malatestiano, Giannozzo Manetti, Napoli Aragonese, Piombino, Agostino Di Duccio, Basinio Da Parma, Matteo de' Pasti, Francesco Rosaspina, Giovanni Bettini da Fano, and Agnolo della Stufa
The Maddalena Doria Pamphilj is newly reconsidered in order to confirm the provenance from the Petrignani collection and to establish its context in the first Roman period of Caravaggio, that is 1596-1598
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Giovanni Do (Juan Do) is usually called the Master of the Sheperds. He was a Spanish painter who came from Jativa to Naples and became a pupil of Ribera. The paper distinguishes his artistic personality from that of Bartolomeo Passante,... more
Giovanni Do (Juan Do) is usually called the Master of the Sheperds. He was a Spanish painter who came from Jativa to Naples and became a pupil of Ribera. The paper distinguishes his artistic personality from that of Bartolomeo Passante, another pupil of Ribera often confused with him. Also it points out the importance of the Stoicism in the Do's painting.
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Alchemy, Stoicism, Saints' Cults, Baroque art and architecture, Annunciation, and 14 moreSpanish Renaissance and Baroque Art, Napoli, Rimini, Alchimia, pittura napoletana del Seicento, Ribera, Neapolitan Art, Caravaggism, Maestro dell'Annuncio ai Pastori, Juan Do, master of the Sheperds, Alessandro François, Filosofi Antichi, and Bartolomeo Passante
Francesco Parone is a painter of Milan belonging the Caravaggesque Movement of the second generation. He works for the Marquis Giustiniani in Rome and for several churches of the city. Despite the paintings quoted by Baglione, today... more
Francesco Parone is a painter of Milan belonging the Caravaggesque Movement of the second generation. He works for the Marquis Giustiniani in Rome and for several churches of the city. Despite the paintings quoted by Baglione, today remain only 3 works by Parone.
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Art History, Saints' Cults, Franciscan Studies, Naturalism, Renaissance Rome, and 11 moreCaravaggio, Rimini, Francesco d'Assisi, Carlo Saraceni, Antiveduto Gramatica, San Carlos Borromeo, Caravaggism, Giustiniani Collection, Santa Francesca Romana, Francesco Parone, and Giovanni Battista Crespi il Cerano
The early history of San Marino is based on literary, documentary and archeological sources. Homer is the first to mention the Mount "Titano", the late name of San Marino. During the fall of the Roman Empire the monk Bassus built a... more
The early history of San Marino is based on literary, documentary and archeological sources. Homer is the first to mention the Mount "Titano", the late name of San Marino. During the fall of the Roman Empire the monk Bassus built a monastery. Centuries later the monastic community became a "Comune" and then a modern Republic
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Geography, Homer, Latin Epigraphy, Late Roman Empire, Late Roman Archaeology, and 15 moreArcheologia, Archaeology of Medieval Monasteries, Ravenna, Gregory the Great, the Longobards, Archeologia Bizantina, Esarcato d'Italia, Istituzione dell'Esarcato d'Italia, Porta d'Oriente, Rimini, Monachesimo, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eugippius, San Marino, Severinus of Noricum, Montefeltro, and Pier Damiani
This part of the book "San Marino tra storia e leggenda" conteins the main literary sources of the early Christian history of Rimini. The Latin and Greek sources are translated in Italian and inlustrated by pictures of the original... more
This part of the book "San Marino tra storia e leggenda" conteins the main literary sources of the early Christian history of Rimini. The Latin and Greek sources are translated in Italian and inlustrated by pictures of the original manuscripts. The 1st part are the documents of the Second Universal Council of the Church in 359. The 2nd part is the Letter of the monk Eugippius to the priest Pascasius in 511. The 3rd part is on the lettery by Gregory the Great to the Bishop, the abbot and the people of Rimini in 591-599. The 4th part is the a new edition of the "Placitum Feretranum" (20 February 885)
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Patristics, Early Christianity, Paleography, Latin Paleography, History of Church Councils, and 15 moreChurch History, Late Roman Empire, St Jerome, Early Church History, Constantine, Early Church Fathers, Gregory the Great, Manuscript studies, codicology, palaeography, medieval paper, Chaucer, circulation of texts and books, history of the book, electronic editing and digital humanities, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Medieval Monasteries, Eugippius, San Marino, Manastic Life and Learning, Montefeltro, and Rimini History
It is the introduction to the chritical edition of the Latin Life of Saint Marino. All the manuscripts and the printed editions of the text are fully discussed and illustrated
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It is the first chritical edition and Italian translation of the "Vita sancti Marini". The saint gave the name to the Republic of San Marino
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Rimini belonged to the most ancient Christian community in Italy. The first Bishop of Rimini appears at the time of Constatine. The origin of the Christian Church is examined with historical sources and archeological materials discovered... more
Rimini belonged to the most ancient Christian community in Italy. The first Bishop of Rimini appears at the time of Constatine. The origin of the Christian Church is examined with historical sources and archeological materials discovered in the oldest cemetery of Rimini, close to late cathedral
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History of Christianity, Early Church, Early Christianity, History of Church Councils, Church History, and 10 moreLatin Epigraphy, Archeologia, Constantine, Cimiteri Medievali, Storia della chiesa, Cemeteries, Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, Early Christianity, Rimini, Rimini History, and Archeology
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Titian made the first portrait of Paul III in 1543, during the meeting of the Pope and the Emperor Charles V. It had a great success. So Titian was immediately requested for replicas. This paper makes the history of the portrait and the... more
Titian made the first portrait of Paul III in 1543, during the meeting of the Pope and the Emperor Charles V. It had a great success. So Titian was immediately requested for replicas. This paper makes the history of the portrait and the philological point on the original versions and the copies.
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Art History, Portraiture, Visual Arts, Charles V, Titian, and 13 moreRenascimento, Papal History, Urbino, Rinascimento, Della Rovere, Jacopino del Conte, Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo, I Farnese, Girolamo Marchesi Da Cotignola, Paolo III Farnese, Guglielmo Della Porta, Farnese Collection, and Marcello Venusti
This paper focuses on the Sistine Ceiling's iconography comparing the doctrinal meaning, indicated by modern scholars, and the historical events concerning the Michelangelo's life and the Julius II pontificate, in order to value the... more
This paper focuses on the Sistine Ceiling's iconography comparing the doctrinal meaning, indicated by modern scholars, and the historical events concerning the Michelangelo's life and the Julius II pontificate, in order to value the possible implications of Michelangelo with Jews and Turks.
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Iconography, Art History, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Art, Biblical Studies, and 12 moreHistory of the Jews, Italian Renaissance Art, Renaissance Rome, Christian Iconography, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sistine Chapel, Papal History, History of Venice, Julius II, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Turks, and Aegidius Romanus/Gilles of Rome
This paper wants to focus on the portrait of the leader of the Florentine "fuoriusciti" (banners) in the middle of Cinquecento. Jacopino del Conte too was a follower of the Republican Party and very close to the Strozzi Family. Also it is... more
This paper wants to focus on the portrait of the leader of the Florentine "fuoriusciti" (banners) in the middle of Cinquecento. Jacopino del Conte too was a follower of the Republican Party and very close to the Strozzi Family. Also it is deeply discussed and traced the painting's provenance from the Strozzi's heirs to the present owner.
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Mostra su Tintoretto alla Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute e alla Pinacoteca Manfrediniana del Seminario Patriarcale di Venezia
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Andrea Donati, "Jacopo Bassano. Vivezza e Grazia di Colore"
edizione EtGraphiae, Foligno-Roma, 2017
edizione EtGraphiae, Foligno-Roma, 2017
Vittoria Colonna marquioness of Pescara was involved in the Catholic Reform during the first half of XVI century. She was very close to cardinal Gasparo Contarini and cardinal Reginald Pole. Also she had paintings by Titian and... more
Vittoria Colonna marquioness of Pescara was involved in the Catholic Reform during the first half of XVI century. She was very close to cardinal Gasparo Contarini and cardinal Reginald Pole. Also she had paintings by Titian and Michelangelo who was one of her best friend. She invested an enormous ammount of money in Venice and her legacy was astonishing. Her poems were very popular and the new holy images invented by Michelangelo for her were diffused all around Europe througouth the "spirituali".