Sul collezionismo a Chieti fra Cinque e Settecento. Note dalle fonti d’archivio
Van Verrocchio
Starting from a broader study concerning the city of Chieti in the early modern age, the author, on the basis of archival investigations and thanks to the collection of a large number of inventories, analyzes the phenomenon of the diffusion of works of art and the birth of collecting practices among the dominant classes starting from the late sixteenth century, a topic on which general studies are currently lacking in Abruzzo. The context concerning Chieti is also compared with unpublished data concerning other important cities in Abruzzo.