On the early activity of Antoniazzo Romano: the ‘Madonna del Buon Consiglio' triptych for Zagarolo

The present article investigates the early activity of Antonio di Benedetto Aquili, Antoniazzo Romano (doc. 1452-†1508), discussing his catalogue of works from the 1460s, from the 'Madonna del Latte' of Rieti to the 'Madonna della Consolazione' of Rome, reference to which can be found in a poem by Paolo Spinoso unknown to studies on the artist. Aquili's stylistic development has been more precisely defined through the recovery of various suggested attributions (the 'Madonna and Child', or 'Madonna del Popolo', of Santa Maria Porta Paradisi in Rome) and through the attribution to him of the panel representing the 'Madonna and Child' from the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Zagarolo. The latter's iconographic connection with the 'Madonna del Buon Consiglio' of Genazzano prompts us to advance the proposal of a reconstruction of a triptych for Zagarolo of which the panel was the central part. Various rereadings of documentary records provide a clearer picture of Antoniazzo's family, particularly regarding his brother Nardo, also a painter, who in around 1485 was entrusted with the decoration of the chapel of the Ospedale del Salvatore of the Sancta Sanctorum in the Lateran.

Index

Aegyptiaca ligoriana: Isis and the “gran bubo” from Hadrian's Villa to the gardens of the Quirinale
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The San Clemente polyptych by Agostino De Marchi and Marco Zoppo: documents, chronology and style
read abstract » pag. 28-49
Angiolo Del Santo, a sculptor dedicated to graphic work on the covers of 'Vita d'Arte'
read abstract » pag. 50-63
A new tomb of the Late Orientalising period found in Tivoli in the context of relations between the Valle dell'Aniene and the adjoining Italic communities
read abstract » pag. 64-73
Three identifications of ancient statues from the engravings of Giovanni Battista de Cavalieri
read abstract » pag. 74-75
“Bonamicho excellentissimo maestro”. On Luciano Bellosi's Buffalmacco
read abstract » pag. 76-87
Trionfalmacco per Pisa
read abstract » pag. 88-94
The fragmentary epigraph painted in the 'Resurrection' by Piero della Francesca: a hypothetical reconstruction
read abstract » pag. 95-97
New research on San Giovanni di Verdara in Padua: Bishop Pietro Barozzi and the workshop of Pierantonio Degli Abati
read abstract » pag. 98-109
On the early activity of Antoniazzo Romano: the 'Madonna del Buon Consiglio' triptych for Zagarolo
read abstract » pag. 110-123
A 'Young Saint John the Baptist' in terracotta by Andrea Sansovino
read abstract » pag. 124-143
A clarification regarding the “scrittoio” of Margaret of Parma
read abstract » pag. 144-147
A long misunderstanding: 'Saints James the Less and Philip' by Paolo Veronese from Lecce to Dublin
read abstract » pag. 148-163
Another trace of Tanzio in Naples
read abstract » pag. 164-183
Bernini the painter: the reappearance of the Costa 'Portrait of a Young Man'
read abstract » pag. 184-185
Notes on a 17th-century guide to Rome from the library of Giuliano Briganti
read abstract » pag. 186-195