Intorno alle "Burle" del Pievano Arlotto

• Autores: Fabio Sottili
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 97, 2011, págs. 54-62
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • This article seeks to cast light on the canvases illustrating the facetious tales of the Pievano Arlotto, a character from the Florentine Quattrocento who became legendary for his witticisms, which inspired a series of paintings during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Documents owned by the Sansedoni family of Siena have led to the discovery of a group of nine canvases that were housed in 1773 in Giovanni Sansedoni´s villa at Basciano, near Monteriggioni, and painted by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti as copies of the originals by Volterrano (at least four), as well as a portrait of the priest himself. Before 1751 some of these adorned the Florentine residence of his uncle the balìo Orazio. The known paintings and drawings by Volterrano only depict three episodes, to which may be added two others by Giovanni da San Giovanni, and a further four that lack precise attributions. Giovanni´s Burla dei cacciatori of 1751 was subsequently used for a version in inlaid stone manufactured by Ginori and based on the very copy owned by the Cavaliere Giovanni Sansedoni.