Porte e finestre di Tarquinio Ligustri e la loro fortuna nella Sicilia tra Seicento e Settecento

Il Libro de catafalchi, tabernacoli con varij disegni di Porte, fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura…, published by the famous Roman printing house “alla Pace” of Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, is a collection that summarizes the contributions of various authors and engravers and was elaborated between 1667 and 1691. Eight engravings depicting new models for doors, windows and ornamental motifs, which were related to the drawings kept at the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin, have recently been attributed to the well-known painter of Viterbo, Tarquinio Ligustri, through the comparison of an engraving kept in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, autographed by Ligustri and published in 1596. These eight unbound engravings were widely diffused and found considerable success in Sicilian architecture between the 17th and 18th centuries.