La committenza Contarelli per San Luigi dei Francesi: nuovi documenti sulla cappella di San Matteo e sulla fabbrica della chiesa

• Autores: Fausto Nicolai
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 105, 2012, págs. 60-78
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • This article presents two new documents regarding the decoration of the Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. The first, dating from 1580, is an agreement between Girolamo Muziano and Matteo Contarelli to permanently interrupt the project begun fifteen years earlier with the commission to paint frescoes the chapel dedicated to Saint Matthew (as is known, this was never carried out). The second document is the contract of 1581 between Contarelli and the Flemish sculptor Jacob Cobaert for the creation of a series of statues to be placed within San Luigi and on its façade, among them a Saint Matthew and the Angel, part of a series of Four Evangelists. The direct commission of this statuary group by Contarelli to Cobaert � already in 1581 � is thus securely proved. The author also casts new light on the decoration of the church of the French Nation, involving numerous sculptures that were never executed.