Resumen de Attributions traditionnelles et identifications certaines: dessins de N. Circignani, V. Strada, G. Baglione, P.F. Mola, A. Gherardi et G.D. Piastrini pour des travaux romains
The study of Old Master Drawings prompts a critical consideration of historic classification and attribution. Bearing in mind these criteria while seeking to understand the specific qualities of Bolognese style in the Seicento, the author has assembled a number of preparatory studies for Roman decorative projects, in the context of the publication of the catalogue of drawings in the Louvre. All these works are unpublished, and each was discovered in the drawings cabinet of various museums, classified as anonymous or given erroneous authorship. Thus an improbable Bartolomeo Schedoni becomes a genuine Niccolò Circignani, a false Guido Reni takes its place in the corpus of Pier Francesco Mola, Antonio Gherardi's mediation on the decoration of the Cappella dei Musici in San Carlo ai Catinari is revealed thanks to two new sheets, and the oeuvre of Giovanni Domenico Piastrini is enriched by two preparatory drawings.
