Giovan Francesco Romanelli a Parigi: prime opere per Giulio Mazzarino

• Autores: Silvia Bruno
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 165-166, 2022, págs. 3-21
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • Fifteen years after the publication of Giovan Francesco Romanelli's "Prudence", the author now presents the painting's original companion piece, an allegory of "Justice", rediscovering the first commission carried out by the artist in Paris for Cardinal Mazarin in June-July 1646,. The pair of pictures was made to decorate a "chambre basse", referred to in the earliest documents as "chambre du Conseil", in the Hôtel Duret de Chevry, purchased by the cardinal in 1641. It is therefore certain that the choice of these two Virtues was made to pay homage to and assert the two most important qualities inspiring the political stance of Cardinal Mazarin, whose family coat of arms, a consular axe in a bundle of rods, is clearly displayed by the figure of "Justice".