Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century

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by  Bowron, Edgar Peters

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Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century
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ROME
ART
IN
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
IN
Edited by Edgar Peters Bowron and Joseph Rishel
J.
Philadelphia Museum ofArt
in association with
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Contents
Preface u
ANNED'HARNONCOURTANDPETERC.MARZIO
Foreword
13
EDGARPETERSBOWRONANDJOSEPH RISHEL
J.
The Entrepot ofEurope
i7
CHRISTOPHERM.S.JOHNS
Arcadian Rome, Universal Capital ofthe Arts 47
LILIANABARROEROANDSTEFANOSUSINNO
Key Figures in Eighteenth-Century Rome 77
ORNELLAFRANCISCIOSTI
Chronology
i05
JONL.SEYDL
Catalogue
Architecture 113
DecorativeArts 157
Sculpture 211
Paintings 29s
Drawings 461
Prints 561
ListofSourcesCited 592
ListofExhibitionsCited 621
/ndex 626
Acfenow(c4?ments 627
International Honorary Committee
Mrs.PhilipI.Berman(Dr.MurielM.Berman)
HisEminence,AnthonyCardinalBevilacqua,ArchbishopofPhiladelphia
TheHonorableLeeP.Brown,MayorofHouston
Mrs.GeorgeW.Bush,FirstLadyofTexas
TheHonorableAnnaBriganteColonna,ConsulGeneralofItalyinPhiladelphia
TheMostReverendJosephA.Fiorenza,BishopofGalveston-Houston
TheHonorableThomasM.Foglietta,UnitedStatesAmbassadortoItaly
TheHonorableEdwardG.Rendell,FormerMayorofPhiladelphia
Mrs.TomRidge,FirstLadyoftheCommonwealthofPennsylvania
TheHonorableFrancescoRutelli,MayorofRome
HisExcellency,FerdinandoSalleo,AmbassadoroftheItalianRepublic
Prof.Dott.MarioSerio,DirettoreGenerale,
UfficioCentraleperiBeniArcheologici,Architettonici,ArtisticieStorici,
MinisteroperiBenieleAttivitaCulturali,Rome
TheHonorableJohnF.Street,MayorofPhiladelphia
Prof.Dott.ClaudioStrinati,IISoprintendente,
Soprintendenzaper iBeniArtisticieStorici,Rome
Exhibition
EdgarPetersBowron
Joseph Rishel
J.
Organizing Committee
MariaGiuliaBarberini
LilianaBarroero
MalcolmCampbell
AlvarGonzalez-Palacios
ChristopherM.S.Johns
AnnaLoBianco
AnnPercy
John Pinto
JonL.Seydl
StefanoSusinno
DeanWalker
Lenders to the Exhibition
AUSTRALIA GERMANY Milan
Melbourne Privatecollection(1) GabinettodeiDisegnidellAccademia
NationalGalleryofVictoria Bayreuth diBelleArtidiBrera
NeuesSchloss Naples
AUSTRIA Berlin MuseodiCapodimonte
Privatecollection(1) StaatlicheMuseenzuBerlin MuseoNazionalediSanMartino
Vienna StiftungArchivderAkademieder Padua
GraphischeSammlungAlbertina Kiinste MuseiCivici
KunsthistorischesMuseum Dessau Piaccnza
AnhaltischeGemaldegalerieDessau IstitutoGazzoladiPiacenza
CANADA
Dresden Pistoia
Montreal StaatlicheKunstsammlungenDresden BibliotecaCapitolareFabroniana
CanadianCentreforArchitecture Dusseldorj Rome
MontrealMuseumofFineArts KunstmuseumDiisseldorfimEhrenhof AccademiaNazionalediSanLuca
Ottawa FrankjurtamMain AssociazioneBancariaItaliana,
TheNationalGalleryofCanada StadelschesKunstinstitut PalazzoAltieri
Quebec Gotha BibliotecaCasanatense
MuseedelaCivilisation,Fabrique Schlossmuseum ChiesadiSantaFrancescaRomana
Notre-DamedeQuebec Munich (SantaMariaNova)
Toronto BayerischesNationalmuseum ChiesadiSantaMariadell'Orazionee
TheArtGalleryofOntario BayerischeStaatsgemaldesammlungen Morte
Nurnberg ChiesadiSantaMariainVallicella
DENMARK GermanischesNationalmuseum (ChiesaNuova)
Copenhagen Potsdam GabinettoComunaledelleStampe
DetdanskeKunstindustrimuseum StiftungPreussischerSchlosserund GalleriaBorghese
StatensMuseumforKunst Garten,Berlin-Brandenburg GalleriaCorsini
ThorvaldsensMuseum Stuttgart GalleriaNazionaledArteAntica,
StaatsgalerieStuttgart PalazzoBarberini
FRANCE IstitutoNazionaleperlaGrafica
Privatecollections(2) IRELAND FabrizioLemme,FiammettaLuly-
Angers Dublin Lemme
MuseedesBeaux-Arts NationalGalleryofIreland MuseodelPalazzodiVenezia
Chartres MuseodiRoma
MuseedesBeaux-Arts ITALY ObraPia,ondepositatTheSpanish
Compiegne Privatecollections(12) EmbassytotheHolySee
MuseeAntoineVivenel AscoliPiceno CarloOdescalchi
Lyon PinacotecaCivicadiAscoliPiceno (fromChiesadeiSS.Apostoli)
MuseedesBeaux-Arts Bologna PinacotecaCapitolina
Montpellier RobertoandTittiFranchi PrincipeAldobrandini
MuseeFabre PinacotecaNazionale PrincipessaPallavicini
Paris Cantalupo Scnigallia
CollectionFritsLugt,Institut VincenzoCamuccini PalazzoComunale
Neerlandais Fano Turin
InstitutdeFrance,MuseeJacquemart- PinacotecaCivicadiFano MuseiCivicidiTorino
Andre Florence Tursi(Matera)
MuseeduLouvre GalleriaPalatinadiPalazzoPitti CattedralediMuroLucano
Rouen GalleriadegliUffizi VaticanCity
MuseedesBeaux-Arts Lucca BibliotecaApostolicaVaticana
Valence MuseoNazionaledi PalazzoMansi Venice
MuseedesBeaux-Arts Malclica MuseiCiviciVeneziani.MuseoCorrer
Versailles ChiesadiSan FilippoNeri Vctralla
MuseeNationaldesChateauxde ChiesadiSant'Andrea
Versailles
NETHERLANDS London TheSarahCampbell Blaffer
Amsterdam TheBritishMuseum Foundation
Rijksmuseum ChaucerFineArts,Ltd. Indianapolis
TheHague Colnaghi IndianapolisMuseumofArt
Koninklijk(CabinetvanSchilderijn PhilipHewat-jaboor KansasCity
Mauritshuis HolyroodPalace,RoyalCollection TheNelson-AtkinsMuseumofArt
Trust LosAngeles
POLAND SirJohnSoane'sMuseum TheGettyResearchInstituteforthe
Warsaw DerekJohns HistoryofArt
TheRoyalLazienskiMuseum NationalGallery The PaulGettyMuseum
J.
NationalPortraitGallery LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt
PORTUGAL TrinityFineArt,Ltd. Minneapolis
Lisbon VictoriaandAlbertMuseum TheMinneapolisInstituteofArts
MuseuNacionaldosCoches,Lisbon WalpoleGallery NewHaven,Connecticut
MuseudeSaoRoque,SantaCasada Longniddry,EastLothian YaleCenterforBritishArt
MisericordiadeLisboa TheEarlofWemyssandMarch NewYork
Norwich AveryArchitecturalandFineArts
RUSSIA NorfolkCastleMuseum Library,ColumbiaUniversity
Moseow Romsey,Hampshire Cooper-HewittNationalDesign
StatePushkinMuseumofFineArts LordRomsey,Broadlands Museum,SmithsonianInstitution
St.Petersburg Sevenoaks,Kent TheIvorFoundation
TheStateHermitageMuseum CheveningEstate TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt
Stamford,Lincolnshire PaceMasterPrints
SPAIN TheBurghleyHouseCollection ThePierpontMorganLibrary
Sotogrande Wakefield,WestYorkshire MalcolmWiener
Mrs.JulietM.E.Hambro TheNationalTrust,NostellPriory, Philadelphia
St.OswaldCollection PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt
SWEDEN
Wells-ncxt-the-Sea,Norjolk Pittsburgh
Stockholm TheEarlofLeicester,Holkham Hall Dr.AlfonsoCosta
Nationalmuseum Windsor CarnegieMuseumofArt
EtonCollegeLibrary Ponce,PuertoRico
SWITZERLAND WindsorCastle,RoyalCollection MuseodeArtedePonce
Privatecollection(1) Providence
Lausanne UNITEDSTATES MuseumofArt,RhodeIslandSchool
MuseeCantonaldesBeaux-Arts Privatecollections(4) ofDesign
Mendrisio RobisonCollection Richmond
MassimoMartinoFineArts&Projects Baltimore VirginiaMuseumofFineArts
Zurich TheWaltersArtGallery St.Louts
KunsthausZurich Boston TheSaintLouisArtMuseum
BostonAthenaeum SanFrancisco
UNITEDKINGDOM MuseumofFineArts TheFineArtsMuseumsofSan
HerMajestyQueenElizabethII Brunswick,Maine Francisco
Privatecollections(8) BowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt Sarasota
Bakewell Cambridge,Massachusetts TheJohnandMableRinglingMuseum
TheDukeofDevonshire,Chatsworth FoggArtMuseum,Harvard ofArt
BarnardCastle,Durham UniversityArtMuseums Toledo
TheBowesMuseum Chicago TheToledoMuseumofArt
Birmingham VincentBuonnano Washington,D.C.
BirminghamMuseumsandArt TheArtInstituteofChicago TheCorcoranGalleryofArt
Gallery Cleveland NationalGalleryofArt
Value,Wiltshire TheClevelandMuseumofArt TheWoodnerCollections(ondeposit
TrusteesofTheBowoodCollection, Detroit attheNationalGalleryofArt)
BowoodHouse TheDetroitInstituteofArts Worcester,Massachusetts
Cambridge FortWorth WorcesterArtMuseum
TheFitzwilliam Museum KimbellArtMuseum
Edinburgh Greenville,SouthCarolina
NationalGalleryofScotland BobJonesUniversityCollection
Glasgow Hartford
GlasgowMuseums WadsworthAtheneum
Ickworth Houston
Ickworth HouseandTheNationalTrust TheMuseumofFineArts,Houston