The artistic world of a pupil of Maratti: the Calandrucci studio and its collections described by a new inventory

The discovery of an important inventory drawn up in 1737 of the property bequeathed by the painter Giacinto Calandrucci (Palermo, 1655–1707) provides an opportunity to present as a whole the artistic contents of the atelier of this pupil of Maratti which comprised some two hundred paintings, a hundred or so plaster–casts, two hundred books and over two thousand drawings and prints. An examination of the lists of these collections, exceptionally detailed, and reproduced with indices in an appendix to the article, not only throws light on the artistic training and oeuvre of Giacinto Calandrucci, his brother Domenico and his nephew Giovan Battista, but also permits various works listed in the inventory to be identified with works now preserved in museums and the fortune of some famous paintings and contemporary artists to be documented. It shows in particular how faithfully the contents of the atelier reflect the various theoretical concepts expressed in the artistic literature of the late seventeenth century. The inventory of the goods left in Rome by another pupil of Maratti, Andrea Procaccini, is also published. Procaccini, who died in Spain in 1734, was a painter in the service of the king Philip V.