Ritratti, libri, giardini. Sebastiano del Piombo, Fernando Colombo, Agostino Chigi

by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi

Book cover: Ritratti, libri, giardini. Sebastiano del Piombo, Fernando Colombo, Agostino Chigi

Extent: 222 pages

Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Subjects: Art & Art History, Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Italian Studies

Language: Italian

Paperback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9788822267689

Price: $29.00

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The author identifies the sitter of Sebastiano del Piombo’s Portrait of a Humanist in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, as Fernando Columbus, son of one of the most famous men in history, Christopher Columbus. This identification opens a confluence of relations, international exchanges, and cultural interests that bring together the Old and New World. An intriguing written correspondence centered on three key elements-portraits, books, gardens-reveals the singular personality of this intellectual and passionate collector Fernando, and his association with the painter Sebastiano del Piombo and the wealthy banker, Agostino Chigi, “the Magnificent.”

  • By (author) Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi