Artibus et Historiae no. 51 (XXVI)
2005, ISSN 0391-9064Up
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STEFANO PIERGUIDI - From Veritas filia Temporis by Francesco Marcolini to Bronzino's Allegory in London: Francesco Salviati's Contribution
Through the comparison of the printing mark known as Veritas filia Temporis (1536) of the publisher Francesco Marcolini, the so called Allegory (1544-45) by Bronzino at the National Gallery of London and the tapestry showing Innocence unveiled by Justice, after a cartoon also by Bronzino, it is possible to trace the rapid course that moved from the subject matter of Veritas filia Temporis to that more successful of Truth unveiled by Time. The author suggests here that Francesco Salviati played the leading role in this process. Salviati, who personally knew Francesco Marcolini, was the first artist who represented the subject matter of Truth unveiled by Time in a drawing that served as a model for Bronzino's design of the tapestry cartoon mentioned above. Moreover, a drawing that presumably offered some inspiration to Bronzino in designing his London Allegory has been attributed to Salviati, who later also frescoed the subject of Truth unveiled by Time in the Oratorio di San Giovanni Decollato in Rome (1551).
