Resumen de Cristoforo Roncalli per la capella Mattei e una nota sui disegni a chiaroscuro
Cristoforo Roncalli, better knows as Pomarancio, was one of the most prominent artists in late sixteenth-century Rome. In a 1978 article in "Paragone", W. Chandler Kirwin focused on te painter's graphic oeuvre, illustrating its principal points of evolution. Pomerancio's youthful phase remains the subject of investigation and a source of discoverires. This article publishes an early work of his, a chairoscuro preparatory study for the frescoes in the Mattei chapel in the Roman church of Santa Maria Aracoeli; its technical and stylistic uniqueness allows for a reflection on the varied formal influences found in the painter's drawing style, prompting research in new directions. This is followed by a short note on Pomarancio's chiaroscuro drawings.
