Artibus et Historiae no. 28 (XIV)
1993, ISSN 0391-9064Up
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MAURIZIO MARINI, SANDRO CORRADINI - Inventarium omnium et singulorum bonorum mobilium of Michelangelo da Caravaggio
Recently discovered documents concerning Caravaggio included among others, a sequestration inventory of the artist's belongings. The inventory was dated August 26, 1605 and was issued on request of Prudenzia Bruna, the artist's creditor and landlady of the apartment in which Caravaggio was living at Vicolo dei Santi Cecilia e Biagio in Campo Marzio in Rome, close to the Palazzo dell'Ambasciata di Toscana (the residence of Cardinal Del Monte). Studying of the items listed in the inventory allows an insight into Caravaggio's every day's life and into the working routines of this great artist. It enables to monitor different stages of the creation process; it shows for instance that one of the paintings made for Santa Maria Del Popolo in Rome was still in the artist's studio in August 1605. Further analysis of the inventory also sheds light on the figure of Francesco, Caravaggio's "garzone" (companion). It becomes apparent that Francesco could not have been identical with the artist known as Cecco Del Caravaggio or Francesco Buoneri ("nome senza quadri").
