An unpublished archival record demonstrates that in 1535 Cardinal Giovanni Salviati sent a painting representing Phaeton to the connétable Anne de Montmorecy. This article identifies the author of this painting as Francesco Salviati and the figurative source of the painting with Michelangelo's drawing for Tommaso de' Cavalieri. Salviati's gift to Montmorency is analysed in an artistic and political framework.
Calogero, M. (2025). Art and Politics: Michelangelo's Phaeton, Giovanni Salviati and Anne de Montmorency. MASTER DRAWINGS, 63(4), 30-40.
Art and Politics: Michelangelo's Phaeton, Giovanni Salviati and Anne de Montmorency
Marcello Calogero
2025
Abstract
An unpublished archival record demonstrates that in 1535 Cardinal Giovanni Salviati sent a painting representing Phaeton to the connétable Anne de Montmorecy. This article identifies the author of this painting as Francesco Salviati and the figurative source of the painting with Michelangelo's drawing for Tommaso de' Cavalieri. Salviati's gift to Montmorency is analysed in an artistic and political framework.File in questo prodotto:
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