A Roman masterpiece, rediscovered in Nicaragua
In 2018, I co-curated a monographic exhibition of work by the Roman silversmith Luigi Valadier (1726–85) with Alvar González-Palacios – the pre-eminent expert on the artist – at the Frick Collection in New York. A drawing of a monstrance signed by Valadier was among the works exhibited. In 1997, John Winter had linked this sheet with an extraordinary commission long regarded as lost by scholars and only recorded in 18th-century periodicals. Published between 1716 and 1848, the bi-weekly Diario Ordinario provides a wealth of information about events in Rome. On a number of occasions, t...
Source: apollo-magazine.com