Resumen de À l'enseigne du calice et de la lune: les Bontempelli, marchands, commanditaires et collectionneurs
The discovery of an unpublished inventory has shed new light on the tastes of collector brothers Bartolomeo and Grazioso Bontempelli. The brothers, known as Dal Calice, accumulated an immense fortune in Venice between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. They were highly devout, distinguished themselves by their philanthropy, and Bartolomeo became known through numerous artistic commissions. The posthumous inventory of Grazioso's belongings, dated September 9, 1627, enumerates 120 mostly religious works. It has led to the identification of, among others, two canvases of a moralizing cycle by Palma il Giovane, cited by the sources. The presence of works by Sante Peranda confirms the brothers' predilection for an artist whom they had commissioned for the altarpiece of the church of San Bartolomeo, which is home to their extraordinary underground tomb.
