Resumen de The two monuments of Bishop Bartolomeo Averoldi
The writer discusses two Italian Renaissance sepulchral monuments, both showing the reclining effigy of Bishop Bartolomeo Averoldi. The monuments in the former church of Santa Maria della Ghiara, Verona, and in the entrance hall of the church of San Lorenzo, Brescia, are unusual because nothing in Bartolomeo's character or accomplishments can explain the extraordinary honor of two monumental memorials. The writer examines the associated history of the Averoldi family and the the order of the Umiliati and concludes that the effigies of the humble Bartolomeo are witnesses to a struggle between his relatives over the right to exploit his good name.
