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the
HISTORY OF PAINTING
in
ITALY.



the
HISTORY OF PAINTING
in
ITALY,

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from the period of the revival of
THE FINE ARTS
to the end of the eighteenth century:

translated
From the Original Italian
of the
ABATE LUIGI LANZI.


By THOMAS ROSCOE.


IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.
CONTAINING THE SCHOOLS OF BOLOGNA, FERRARA, GENOA, AND PIEDMONT.


LONDON:
printed for
W. SIMPKIN AND R. MARSHALL,
stationers'-hall court, ludgate street.


1828.

J. M'Creery, Tooks Court,
Chancery Lane, London.

CONTENTS

of

THE FIFTH VOLUME.


HISTORY OF PAINTING IN UPPER ITALY.

BOOK THE THIRD.
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL.
Page
EpochI.The ancient masters6
EpochII.Various styles, from the time of Francia to that of the Caracci50
EpochIII.The Caracci, their scholars and their successors, until the time of Cignani96
EpochIV.Pasinelli, and

1.

Lothar Sickel

Serious Merchant or Charlatan? Guglielmo Banzi and Michelangelo’s Cartoon for the Leda

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2.

This article focuses on the collector and art dealer Guglielmo Banzi, active in Rome and Florence in the first years of the seventeenth century. Banzi seems to have been a reasonably well known, yet somewhat ambiguous personality who, however, is almost unknown to art historical literature. In fact, his involvement with the Roman art market has been recognised only cursorily in recent studies on the early career of Angelo Caroselli who, born in 1585, seems to have been Banzi’s assistant. This assumption is mainly based on Filippo Baldinucci’s account which alludes to Banzi’s dealings: “ Era già pervenuto il Caroselli all’età di 25 anni, quando un tale Banzi, che trafficava in compere di quadri d’eccellenti maestri il qual ben conosceva la virtù sua, non solamente nell’operar di sua mano, ma nel conoscere altresi le maniere de’ valent’uomini antichi e moderni per la gran pratica, che fatta aveva, come diremo appresso, nell’imitarle tutte a maraviglia, lo co

Capitoline Museums

Museum in Rome, Italy

The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeologicalmuseums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.[1][2] The Capitoline Museums, known for its exhibitions of works related to the history of ancient Rome and the Capitoline Hill, which was the political and religious center of the city,[3] express the greatness of Roman civilization and its precious legacy that helped influence modern Western society.

The museums display works from the ancient world (Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian), the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. They house masterpieces such as the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, the Capitoline Wolf, the Dying Gaul, the Bust of Medusa by Bernini, ancient sculptures, paintings (with works by art

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