Per una storia degli alberi genealogici dei fiorentini: incisioni, dipinti e documenti da Scipione Ammirato ad Alessandro Bonini Pasquale Focarile After the first publication of the Genealogical Tree of the Medici Family (1569), many Florentine families resorted to the same “inventor”, the genealogist Scipione Ammirato, asking him for their family trees. Starting from a review…

Giorgio Scherer (1831-1896). Un protagonista della pittura parmense del secondo Ottocento Beatrice De Francesco This article focuses on the prolific artistic activity of the painter and draughtsman Giorgio Scherer. The analysis begins from his academic studies and the earlier prizes he won for nude drawings, up to his mature production, exploring his main masterpieces, in…

«Evanescenti come in un sogno soavissimo». Gustavo Bonaventura e il ritratto fotografico nei primi anni del Novecento in Italia Emanuele Carlenzi This article focuses on the career of Gustavo Bonaventura (1882-1966), a photographer working during Pictorialism in Italy, and particularly on his activity in Rome in the early 20th century, where he opened a studio…