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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Car* collegh*, This is only tangentially related, but some restoration has recently been completed on the frescoes at the Santissima, and they are truly gorgeous. If you get to Florence, be sure and visit them; it's a project that deserves to be supported. John On 4/25/2015 3:38 PM, Julia Bolton Holloway wrote: > italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > If it's an S with a lily and the architectural drawing instead being > of a crown, this would be the impresa of the Servites of the > Santissima Annunziata where Andrea del Sarto, Leonardo da Vinci, > Pontormo, etc., all worked. > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 8:21 PM, James Oliver > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > > Cari colleghi, > I would very much appreciate it if anyone can help me with the > following: > I have found a design on the back of a Renaissance painting, perhaps > by Piero di Cosimo, perhaps Andrea del Sarto (although there are > various attributions of the painting made by scholars) which I am > trying to identify. > The design shows a sketch for an armorial device with a snake curving > up to bite a lily (on the left) and, in the upper right quadrant, a > crude drawing of a castle and church tower. > Some scholars date this device quite early (first or second decade of > the cinquecento), which, if true, would be interesting, since it would > seem to show an early representation of the famous Giuntine lily. > But what I am really interested in is the castle: I am interested to > know whether it is just a generic castle, or whether anyone recognizes > it as belonging to an actual town. The cupola of the church tower is > somewhat unusual, since it is of a curved type I don't usually > associate with medieval or Renaissance church cupolas. > This is a small detail, but is actually quite an important part of my > research, since, if the castle and church can be identified, it would > really help me in making my overall argument. > Since attachments are not allowed on this site, I am posting an image > of the sketch on my Academia.edu site. My name, to find the page is: > James Ward Berkeley. On the page, one can leave a message, or send it > to me here on the I-S listserve, or my personal email address. If the > image hasn't been uploaded to the page yet, you can still download it. > Thanks so much in advance for any help anyone can give. > Saluti, e buon lavoro, > Jim Ward > Berkeley, CA > P.S. Hi George! If, in this case, it's OK to send an attachment, could > you please let me know, and I will resend it to this list? Thanks a > lot. > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR > NAME > to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies > to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies > > > > > -- > Julia Bolton Holloway, Mediatheca 'Fioretta Mazzei', 'English' > Cemetery, Piazzale Donatello, 38, > I-50132 Firenze, Italy > http://www.umilta.net http://www.florin.ms http://www.ringofgold.eu > http://piazzaledonatello.blogspot.com > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR > NAME to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To > send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For further > information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies