Resumen de Antonio Tronsarelli: A Roman Collector of the Late Sixteenth Century
Anyone interested in the history of collecting is aware that, despite the many references to collections of drawings in sixteenth-century Italy, there are all too few corroborating documents such as inventories. Indeed, so sparse is the evidence that historical assessment of the phenomenon has been largely based on hypothesis. Even the full nature and scope of Vasari's celebrated Libro di Disegni remain unresolved, given the paucity of verifiable information we have about it, although it seems clear enough that Vasari must have established a standard for collectors in Rome and Tuscany, as well as disseminating the notion that drawings could be of histor- ical value as well as a source of aesthetic pleasure.'
