Descrizione
Storia dell’arte n. 160
Nuova Serie 2 | 2023
Stefano De Mieri
Don Severo Turboli e il cantiere della Certosa di Napoli: precisazioni su Luca Cambiaso, Tommaso Laureti, gli “Haeredes Pauli Caliari”, il Cavalier d’Arpino e Flaminio Torelli
The essay aims to investigate the personality of Severo Turboli, prior of St. Martin’s Carthusian monastery between 1583 and 1597 and between 1606 and 1607, who was responsible for the renovation of the Neapolitan monastery, enriched during his years with important works of art by mainly non-Neapolitan artists. Through a re-examination of the sources and the analysis of unpublished documents, the choices made by the learned prior in the field of
pictorial decoration are highlighted. Attention is thus focused on a lost Last Supper by Luca Cambiaso; on Tommaso Laurenti, the author of some canvases decorating the walls of the sacristy; on the dating and original location of the Last Supper signed by the “Haeredes Pauli Caliari”; on Cavalier d’Arpino, whose two works once exhibited in the Carthusian church have been identified, and a new profile of the painter Flaminio Torelli, one of the first artists to be involved in the decoration of the Neapolitan Carthusian monastery by Severo Turboli.
