Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj: Patron of the Villa del Gran Priorato, Rome (1678-1730)
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[1] Boston College
Boston College
City of Boston, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: LEXICON: Storie e Architettura in Sicilia, ISSN-e 1827-3416, ISSN 1827-3416, Nº. Extra 5 (Speciale n. 5), 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: L’Ordine di Malta e la Lingua D’Italia. Architettura e temi decorativi dalla Controriforma al Settecento / Federico Bulfone Gransinigh (aut.), Valentina Burgassi (aut.), Daniel K. Gullo (aut.), Alessandro Spila (aut.)), págs. 139-150
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Resumen
The relationship between the Order of Malta and Benedetto Pamphilj—who served as Grand Prior of Rome from 1678 to 1730—was mutually beneficial. The exceptionally educated young nobleman blossomed into a consummate cardinal patron, who took seriously his stewardship of the Order and the villa del Gran Priorato. My study of the archival record has resulted in a more accurate chronology and characterization of his patronage of the villa del Gran Priorato than previously known. In particular, it shows that major and much-needed repairs were executed from 1689 to 1705; the new «stanzione di ritiro» in the garden was designed and executed by Francesco Fontana in 1704; and the fresco of the Ecce angus Dei, in the vault of this pavilion, was painted by Luigi Garzi in this same year. Ultimately, the position of Grand Prior was the means through which Benedetto Pamphilj fulfilled the expectations of a cardinal-prince, at once wealthy secular aristocrat and pious apostolic successor.
