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The goldsmith Pietro Spagna (1561–1627): ‘argentiere’ to Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621)*

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Xavier F. Salomon
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Papers of the British School at Rome , Volume 74 , November 2006 , pp. 339 - 370
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I worked on Pietro Spagna while I was a Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome in 2002–3. I would like to thank the staff of the School for all their help during that year. Prince Camillo Aldobrandini and Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj kindly allowed me to use their archives; a particular thanks goes to their archivists, Antonella Fabriani Rojas and Cinzia Ammannato. The AHRB and an Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship at The Frick Collection, New York, also made the writing of this article possible. Denise Allen, Philip Attwood, Nicholas Cullinan, Lauren Jacobi and Jennifer Montagu read this text and made useful suggestions. I would like to dedicate this article to Helen Langdon, who was the most wonderful teacher, mentor and friend during my year in Rome.

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43 ‘To spend for his trip to Ferrara’ — ADP, Eondo Aldobrandini, busta 25, fol. 33r.

44 ‘To be given to the Most Holy Madonna of Loreto’ — ADP, Fondo Aldobrandini, busta 25, fol. 17r; ‘a small silver cape given to the Illustrious Lady of Loreto’ — AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini B (1595–1599), fol. 246; AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 3r.

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47 ‘From Cardinal Aldobrandini nephew of Pope Clement VIII a most noble cape for Our Lady, worthy of such a Lady, and of such a Prince. It is all formed of a great silver sheet worked by an excellent hand, enamelled and gilded. On it you can see the city of Ferrara and its territory represented in low-relief; and the cardinal himself portrayed with this inscription: Pietro Aldobrandini Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church having recaptured Ferrara gave in thanks’ — Torsellini, O., Historia dell'origine e translatione della Santa Casa della B. Verg. Maria di Loreto in libri cinque (Venice, 1614), 454Google Scholar.

48 ‘A large silver sheet enamelled and gilded’ — Grimaldi, La historia (above, n. 46), 249.

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50 ‘For a gold chain given to the painter Giuseppe d'Arpino’ — AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 12v.

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53 ‘Food for the months of October and November’ — AA, Documenti Storici, tomo 25, 3.

54 ‘Io Giuseppe cesari o ricevuto li sudetti denari et in nome suo io pietro spagni o fatto la presente ricevuta questo di su detto dico’ — AA, Documenti Storici, tomo 25, 3.

55 ‘ A jewel given to a Spanish man’ — AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 16v; ‘a basin and a jug in gilded silver’ — AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 22v.

56 ‘Given to a godmother of His Lordship’ — AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 28v; AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fol. 180. Comare can also be interpreted as ‘old woman’; if it was indeed a godmother it is not clear if it was Cardinal Pietro's, and even in that case her identity is not known. It might also have been the godmother of a family baby baptized around this time.

57 AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini D (1603–1605), fol. 7v. For the definition of a gargantiglia, see Bulgari, , Argentieri (above, n. 3), I pt 1, XXIGoogle Scholar.

58 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fols 32, 72, 150.

59 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini C (1599–1603), fols 32, 150, 180.

60 AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini D (1603–1605), fols 6r, 52v.

61 AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini D (1603–1605), fols 69v, 77r, 85v, 93v.

62 AA, Atti di Famiglia, tomo 9, 1, Bolla della provisione della Chiesa Ravennatenseafavore del Card. Pietro Aldobrandini, ossia nomina di detto Cardinale ad Arcivescovo di Ravenna 13 Settembre 1604; Fasano Guarini, ‘Aldobrandini, Pietro’ (above, n. 23), 111.

63 AA, Giornale del Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini D (1603–1605), fol. 108r; AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini D (1603–1605), fols 103, 208.

64 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini E (1606–1613), fol. 82.

65 Annibaldi, ‘Il mecenate’ (above, n. 45), 160; Fasano Guarini, ‘Aldobrandini, Pietro’ (above, n. 23), 112.

66 ‘Works in silver’, ‘made and to be made’.

67 Annibaldi, ‘Il mecenate’ (above, n. 45), 162–3.

68 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini E (1606–1613), fol. 342.

69 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini E (1606–1613), fol. 342.

71 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini E (1613–1614), fol. 91; AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini F (1613–1615), fol. 96.

72 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini F (1613–1615), fol. 96.

73 G. Gigli, Diario di Roma, ed. M. Barberito (Rome, 1994), I, 231.

74 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini E2 (1613–1614), fol. 91.

75 ‘Ten medals … with the image of Pope Paul V’ — AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini F (1613–1615), fols 319, 359.

76 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini F (1613–1615), fols 319, 359. For a similar crucifix in a low-relief ‘quadro’, see Gramberg, W., ‘Das Kalvarienberg-Relief des Guglielmo della Porta und seine Silber-Gold-Ausführung von Antonio Gentile da Faenza’, in Bloch, P., Buddensieg, T., Hentzen, A. and Müller, T. (eds), Intuition und Kunstwissenschaft. Festschrift für Hanns Swarzenski zum 70 Geburtstag (Berlin, 1973), 449–60Google Scholar; Chadour, A.B., Antonio Gentili und der Altarsatz von St. Peter (Münster, 1980Google Scholar).

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78 For Aldobrandini in Naples, see Annibaldi, C., ‘Il mecenate ‘politico’. Ancora sul patronato musicale del Cardinale Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) II’, Studi Musicali 17 (1988), 164Google Scholar.

79 ‘Works in silver that he makes and buys’ — AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini H (1618–1628), fol. 190.

80 ‘Work in silver made and to be made’, ‘for the service of our palace’ — AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini G (1616–1618), fol. 164; AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini H (1618–1628), fols 23, 190.

81 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini H (1618–1628), fol. 190.

82 ‘Having fixed works in silver’ — AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini A (1601–1605), fols 2–3.

83 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini A2 (1601–1606), fol. 44.

84 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini A2 (1601–1606), fol. 56. For the definition of a focone, see Bulgari, , Argentieri (above, n. 3), I pt 1, XXIGoogle Scholar.

85 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 50.

86 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fols 50, 73.

87 ‘As a settlement and total payment’ — AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 50.

88 AA, Libra Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 106. For the Eremo at Frascati, see Devoti, L., ‘Testimonialize secentesche sulla fondazione dell'Eremo Tuscolano’, Lunario Romano 10 (1980), 385–402Google Scholar; Devoti, L., L'Eremo Tuscolano e la villa delta dei Furii (Frascati, 1981Google Scholar); Valenti, M. (ed.), Invito a Camaldoli. Arte e storia dell'Eremo Tuscolano (Frascati, 2003Google Scholar).

89 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 106.

90 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 140. It is not clear what a ghiara is. It might be identified with a giara, a sort of tankard.

91 AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini B (1606–1619), fol. 140.

92 ‘Different expenses for gold, silver and other works’, ‘from his workshop for our service’ — AA, Libro Mastro di Olimpia Aldobrandini C (1620–1628), fol. 290.

93 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Silvestro Aldobrandini (1606–1617), fol. 35.

94 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Silvestro Aldobrandini (1606–1617), fol. 127.

95 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Silvestro Aldobrandini (1606–1617), fol. 35.

96 AA, Libro Mastro di Aldobrandino Aldobrandini Gran Priore di Roma (1612–1619), fol. 50.

97 AA, Libro Mastro di Aldobrandino Aldobrandini Gran Priore di Roma (1612–1619), fols 50, 73.

98 AA, Libro Mastro di Aldobrandino Aldobrandini Gran Priore di Roma (1612–1619), fol. 73.

99 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 30.

100 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 30.

101 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 32.

102 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini H (1618–1628), fol. 322.

103 For Maria's wedding, see the ‘capitoli matrimoniali’ of 28 January 1623 in AA, Atti di Famiglia, tomo 16, 16.

104 AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 163.

105 ‘Heirs of Pietro Spagna’, ‘received from their workshop’. AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 196.

106 ‘Tutor and curator for the above-said heirs’. AA, Libro Mastro del Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1614–1633), fol. 196.

107 AA, Libro Mastro dell'Ereditá del Card. Deti (1630–1638), fol. 60.

108 ‘A model of the plan and of the pilgrimage of the Nine Churches of silvered wax with its wooden base’, ‘on a base of poplar-wood framed in ebony’. The payments are in ASR, Not. Trib. A. C., Fonthia, vol. 3173, fols 913, 951–2Google Scholar. These documents have been discovered and generously signalled to me by Jennifer Montagu.

109 ‘On behalf of the inheritance of Cardinal Aldobrandini’.

110 AA, Cappellanie 3, 28, Cappella Clementina in S. Giovanni in Laterano. Contratto con gli Eredi Spagna Argentieri per il Restauro del Grane Tabernacolo Novembre 1864. For Pietro Paolo Spagna, see Bulgari, , Argentieri (above, n. 3), I pt 2, 428Google Scholar.