Le vite de’ pittori, scultori et architetti 1642

RCIN 1150674

Giovanni Baglione (1566-1643)

Le Vite de'pittori scultori et architetti dal pontificato di Gregorio XIII del 1572. In fino a' tempi di Papa Urbano Ottavo nel 1642 / scritte da Gio. Baglione Romano . . 1642

Description

Baglione was one of Rome’s leading painters in around 1600, and his compendium of the lives of over 200 contemporary artists shows that he was also a generous critic. Though his own style was very different from that of Caravaggio (whose biography begins on the opening shown here), he wrote appreciatively of his former rival’s talents.

Provenance

Acquired by Queen Victoria
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Giovanni Baglione (1566-1643)
(author)

Search the collection Rome : Andrea Fei
(publisher)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644)

Search the collection Pope Gregory XIII (1502-85)
Groupings
Category
Books
Object type(s)
printed & manuscript material
books
book: half leather bound
book: half leather bound in morocco
book: half leather bound in red morocco
Subject(s)
Biography
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Art history
References

Alternative title(s)

Le Vite de'pittori scultori et architetti dal pontificato di Gregorio XIII del 1572. In fino a' tempi di Papa Urbano Ottavo nel 1642 / scritte da Gio. Baglione Romano ...