Pedro Rubiales, Gaspar Becerra y los pintores españoles en Roma, 1527-1600.

Tesis doctoral inédita, leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Historia del Arte. Fecha de lectura: 03-10-0

A cartoon and a drawing by Cavalier d’Arpino in Madrid

This text presents a cartoon acquired in Italy by the 14th Duke of Alba (Colección Casa de Alba) previously associated with Fra Bartolomeo, but in fact the work of Giuseppe Cesari, known as Cavalier d’Arpino. It is directly related to the fresco he painted in the Colegiata de San Lorenzo de Zagarolo. The author attributes an anonymous drawing in the Madrid Biblioteca Nacional to Cesari, placing it within an early stage of his career, and offers some considerations on a sheet in the same collection, which has historically been associated with the painter although it is probably a product of his workshop. Lastly, he identifies a copy by the Duch artist Cornelis Saftleven of Cesari’s fresco in the dome of the Olgiati Chapel in Santa Prassede in Rome