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The paper describes the interesting and widespread phenomenon of genealogic portraiture in Florence by analyzing the case of the Guadagni family and its series of portraits. The series was commissioned during the mid-Seventeenth century by senator Tommaso di Francesco and it was intended to decorate...

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Έκδοση: Firenze University Press 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-560492022-06-02T03:21:34Z Chapter Arte, storia e prestigio. Per un’introduzione alla ‘ritrattistica genealogica’: la serie Guadagni di Firenze Tommaso Florentine family Aristocracy Guadagni Antique lineage Genealogic portraits collection The paper describes the interesting and widespread phenomenon of genealogic portraiture in Florence by analyzing the case of the Guadagni family and its series of portraits. The series was commissioned during the mid-Seventeenth century by senator Tommaso di Francesco and it was intended to decorate the family House behind the Nunziata thanks to the contributions of many artists. Both in terms of quantity and artistic quality, the Guadagni portrait series represents a precious testimony of this specific portraiture genre, which started during the middle of the sixteenth century and reached its climax during the following century. This genre saw its decline in the 1700s, when the aristocratic ancient families lost their importance, and their illustrious ancestors’ portraits became simple relics of a remote past. 2022-06-01T12:12:12Z 2022-06-01T12:12:12Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855181815_232 2704-5919 9788855181815 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56049 eng Studi e saggi application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 15257.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-181-5_4 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5.04 10.36253/978-88-5518-181-5.04 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855181815 212 28 Florence open access
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description The paper describes the interesting and widespread phenomenon of genealogic portraiture in Florence by analyzing the case of the Guadagni family and its series of portraits. The series was commissioned during the mid-Seventeenth century by senator Tommaso di Francesco and it was intended to decorate the family House behind the Nunziata thanks to the contributions of many artists. Both in terms of quantity and artistic quality, the Guadagni portrait series represents a precious testimony of this specific portraiture genre, which started during the middle of the sixteenth century and reached its climax during the following century. This genre saw its decline in the 1700s, when the aristocratic ancient families lost their importance, and their illustrious ancestors’ portraits became simple relics of a remote past.
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