“There are few painters of our time who do not make mistakes when painting histories”
Year mention: 1564
Subject:
historic painting
Conflict:
Ignorance/Negligence of the artist
Criticism:

Contemporary painting, especially historic painting, is full of mistakes due to the ignorance of the artists

Agent:
Gilio, Giovanni Andrea
Frontispiece of: Gilio, Giovanni Andrea, Due dialogi (1564), Camerino : Antonio Giojoso
Frontispiece of: Gilio, Giovanni Andrea, Due dialogi (1564), Camerino : Antonio Giojoso
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“M. Ruggiero added: ‘I should like to know how it happened that painting, being such an admirable art, praised by high and low alike, is today in the hands of poor and ignorant men. There are few painters of our time who do not make mistakes when painting histories [istorie]’.”

“Soggiunse M. Ruggiero: ‘Io dessidererei sapere da che avviene che, essendo la pittura arte sì bella e lodata da grandi e da piccoli, oggi redotta sia in mano di gente povera et ignorante; e rarissimi sono i pittori del nostro tempo, che non errino nel dipingere l’istorie’.”

Terminology
istorie
Date mention
1564

Historical Location
Fabriano

Source
Gilio, Dialogue on the errors and abuses of painters (2018), 95; Gilio, Dialogo. Nel quale si ragiona degli errori e degli abusi de’pittori circa l’istorie. In: Due dialogi di M. Giouanni Andrea Gilio da Fabriano (1564), 11
Literature

Gilio 2018, 95

Permanent Link
https://www.sacrima.eu/case/there-are-few-painters-of-our-time-who-do-not-make-mistakes-when-painting-histories-2/