Active in 1359-1360 on the marble pulpit for the ostension of the Holy Belt in the pieve of Prato, the Sienese stone carver Niccolò di Cecco del Mercia is, even today, a blurry figure, best known for his prolonged involvement in the construction of Siena cathedral. It is now possible to piece together his career in a more comprehensive way and identify some of the sculptures that were made in Siena cathedral in 1356. These are the starting points for identifying other stone carvings of his and attempting to better define his profile as a sculptor.
Index
Giovanni Colzani
'Aphrodite removing her sandal': a series of small-scale copies
read abstract » pp. 3-15
read abstract » pp. 3-15
Gianluca Amato
The 'Platonic youth' by Bertoldo di Giovanni, or the 'Portrait of Giovanni Cavalcanti', the “amico unico” of Marsilio Ficino
read abstract » pp. 16-67
read abstract » pp. 16-67
Alessandra Peroni
“Sì ho iurato”: a public promissio graffito by Jacopo della Quercia?
read abstract » pp. 77-83
read abstract » pp. 77-83
Marco Fagiani
Il Riccio and Bartolomeo Coda at Monte Oliveto Maggiore: datings, new proposals and various considerations on the commissioner's choices
read abstract » pp. 102-110
read abstract » pp. 102-110
Alessandro Brogi
'Saint Pasqual Baylón' by Giuseppe Maria Crespi: an unpublished drawing for a misunderstood engraving, another example of paternal generosity
read abstract » pp. 111-118
read abstract » pp. 111-118