Ancora Genovesino: per la ritrattistica e per i quadri a figure piccole

• Autores: Francesco Ceretti
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 163-164, 2022, págs. 24-48
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on the portraits and small figure paintings of Luigi Miradori, known as il Genovesino, which represent two relatively important aspects of his oeuvre. Three unpublished works are discussed here, including a Portrait of an unknown Gentleman in a private collection in Florence, and a singular Allegory on the theme of Eros and Anteros. The latter is associated with the writings of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, the leading light of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, who was acquainted with Don Álvaro de Quiñones, Governor of Cremona and patron of Genovesino. The Spanish context continues with the presentation of another small canvas recently identified in a private collection in Cremona, with an image of the Andalusian archbishop Saint Isidore of Seville in his Studi. The article also offers an occasion for reflecting on a series of little-known paintings, in particular two tondi with Saint Onuphrius and Saint Catherine of Alexandria.