Progetti seicenteschi per la cappella Corsini a Firenze: Sacchi e Cortona

• Autores: Riccardo Spinelli
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 96, 2011, págs. 19-40
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • A series of letters between members of the Corsini family and Filippo Niccolini casts light on an important aspect of the Florentine critical fortunes of contemporary Roman Baroque language. The letters refer to a project for the construction of a chapel in the church of the Carmine dedicated to Saint Andrea Corsini, initially requested from Andrea Sacchi and then from Pietro da Cortona. The Corsini, eager to have a monument reflecting the latest trends of the Roman Seicento, steered their taste towards the Eternal City and sought to involve not only Sacchi (who provided designs for the setting), but Guercino and Reni for the painting of altarpieces, Geminiani for frescoes, and Mochi and Duquesnoy for sculptures. Abandoned because of excessive costs, the project was taken up again in the mid-seventeenth century, with Pietro da Cortona providing studies needed for the construction and decoration of the chapel, and producing a wooden model. The unhappy outcome of this second initiative convinced the Corsini to also abandon the "Roman" plan for the design of the chapel and turn instead to a Florentine, Pier Francesco Silvani, who was assisted by Luca Giordano, author of the frescoed dome, and the young Giovan Battista Foggini, who was responsible for the execution of the three great marble altarpieces.