Resumen de Per Giuseppe Agellio disegnatore
Having abandoned his native Sorrento in his youth to join Cristoforo Roncalli's vibrant workshop in Rome, Giuseppe Agellio succeeded more than other pupils in earning praise and respect from the great Tuscan master. Indeed during the intense years that preceded Pomarancio's departure for Loreto in 1605, the available documentary evidence shows him to be a prominent collaborator, and a disciple entrusted with extensive freedom of expression. Yet notwithstanding the reputation Agellio built up for himself in his own day, he is no longer given any independent consideration. Starting with a re-reading of the role he played in San Silvestro al Quirinale, and taking advantage of new additions to his graphic oeuvre, the article seeks to reshape the painter's profile in a manner that better fits his true historical importance, as well as adding a few more elements to the picture we have of the internal dynamics of the Roncalli workshop.
