Non vi si pensa quento sangue costa : Michelangelo és a Vittoria Colonnának készített képek

Abstract

Relying on a tacit, more than hundred year old consent, historians of art have made recurring attempts to show the direct influence of the new catholic ideas of the so called Viterbo circle on Michelangelo's late drawings sent to Vittoria Colonna. The consent have prevailed despite the fact, also well known in art history for more than a century, that the only remaining sources for the relationship between Michelangelo and Colonna amount to no more than eight undated letters, some undated sonnets, and a treaty by Francisco de Hollanda, entitled Four Roman Dialogues, whose documentary value is more than questionable. In my study, starting from the information provided by Condivi and Vasari in their biographies of Michelangelo, I attempt to identify the drawings that Michelangelo could have sent Colonna, and, arguing against the age-old consent, I am giving reasons why it is impassible to reach any conclusions from the drawings concerning Michelangelo's religious convictions.