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Barbara Agosti
Books by Barbara Agosti
Perino del Vaga for Michelangelo
The Spalliera of the Last Judgment in the Spada Gallery
Edited by Barbara Agosti and Silvia Ginzburg
In 1542 Pope Paolo III Farnese, with the approval of Michelangelo, commissioned to Perino del Vaga (1501–1547) a tapestry basement for the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel (Vatican). The Spalliera was never completed, but its model, painted on canvas, was later acquired by cardinal Bernardin...
Vasari for Bindo Altoviti
Christ Carrying the Cross
The catalogue presents Christ Carrying the Cross, recently rediscovered by Carlo Falciani in a private collection, which was born out of the intense friendship between the painter and art historian Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) with Bindo Altoviti (1491-1557), important banker and refined art collec...