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Il paliotto con l’Immacolata della Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi di Palermo
2019
The article deals with the frontal of the basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Palermo made on the occasion of the centenary of the entrustment of the city of Palermo to the Immaculate Conception. The velvet and silver foil artefact is contextualized in the historical artistic production of the first thirty years of the eighteenth century. Iconographic and iconological analysis is also carried out.
Virgin and Child sculptures in Buenos Aire’s public collections, 12th to 16th centuries
2016
During the last years, the building process and history of art collections became a prolific field of study in Argentina. However, research on medieval art in private and public collections in our country received little or no attention. But even if medieval art is considerably less represented than modern styles, there is an interesting amount of high quality medieval pieces exhibited at several museums in Argentina. The main purpose of this thesis is therefore to expand our knowledge of the medieval works of art in public Argentine collections, as related to their origin, dating, interpretation, technique and provenance. These pieces show great diversity of styles, provenance and techniqu…
Argenti e argentieri per il monastero del SS. Salvatore di Corleone
2015
Attraverso lo studio delle informazioni inedite annotate nei volumi depositati nel Fondo delle Corporazioni Religiose Soppresse dell'Archivio di Stato di Palermo, è possibile ricostruire la collezione di argenteria del monastero del Santo Salvatore di Corleone, oggi purtroppo in gran parte perduta, riportando alla luce anche le figure degli artisti che hanno realizzato le opere. Through the study of the unpublished information noted in the volumes deposited in the Fund of the Suppressed Religious Corporations of the State Archives of Palermo, it is possible to reconstruct the collection of silverware of the monastery of the Holy Savior of Corleone, now unfortunately largely lost, bringing t…
La mazza d’argento dell’Universitas di Prizzi
2009
La mazza d'argento di Prizzi, cittadina dei monti Sicani, realizzata tra il 1723 e il 1724, viene riferita all'argentiere palermitano Placido Carini. L'opera, messa a confronto con altri simili manufatti coevi, è stata verosimilmente commissionata da Francesco Bonanno, barone di Prizzi The silver bat of Prizzi, a town in the Sicilian mountains, made between 1723 and 1724, is referred to the silversmith Placido Carini from Palermo. The work, compared with other similar contemporary artefacts, was probably commissioned by Francesco Bonanno, Baron of Prizzi.