Le vicende collezionistiche del San Benedetto attribuito a Simone Martini tra storia del gusto e del collezionismo (XVIII-XIX secolo)
Ginevra Odone
Now exhibited in the Vatican Museums, the painting depicting Saint Anthony the Abbot by Sano di Pietro was formerly assigned to Simone Martini and identified as a Saint Benedict. The paper illustrates its passing from the collection of a Bolognese doctor to that of a Roman lawyer, until its entrance into Papal collections, as well as terminology used to describe this work. By focusing on the history of collecting, the study will shed light on a crucial passage in the development of taste toward 14th- and 15th-century artists.