Notizia D'Opere Di Disegno Nella Prima Metà Del Secolo XVI. Esistenti In Padova Cremona Milano Pavia Bergamo Crema E Venezia Scritta Da Un Anonimo Di Quel Tempo Pubblicata E Illustrata Da D. Iacopo Morelli Custode Della Regia Biblioteca Di S. Marco Di Venezia.
J. Fletcher, 'Marcantonio Michiel', in Burlington Magazine, 123 no. 941 (1981), pp.453-67, 602-8.
Surveys include D. Chambers and B. Pullan, edd., Venice: a documentary history 1450-1630 (1992); J. Martineau and C. Hope, edd., The genius of Venice 1500-1600 [Royal Academy exhibition catalogue] (1983); O. Logan, Culture and society in Venice 1470-1790 (1972).
Summary Note
The manuscript of this work was discovered in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice by Jacopo Morelli; but the identity of its author, Marcantonio Michiel, was not established until 1835 by D. Francesconi. Michiel's notes, compiled between 1521 and 1543, describe the contents of churches, civic buildings and private collections in the Veneto, and form a record of the taste and opinions of his friends and contemporaries - artists, collectors and connoisseurs.
A critical edition of the text, by T. Frimmel, was published in 1896. An English translation by P. Mussi, edited by G.C. Williamson, was published in 1903 (The Anonimo: notes on pictures and works of art in Italy).
Reproductions
T. Frimmel's edition (1896) was republished in 2000 (Firenze: Edifir).
Provenance
The title-page is inscribed in ink, 'R.N. Wornum'.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter white vellum; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Morelli Notizia D'Opere Di Disegno Del Secolo XVI Da Un Anonimo', spine lettered 'R.A.' and 'Bas. 1800.'
Subject
Art - Collections - Collectors - Italy - Veneto - Venice - Padua - History - 16th century
Art criticism - Art history - Italy - 16th century
Art criticism - Art history - Italy - 19th century