Fulvio Orsini
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Fulvio Orsini
Life
Orsini was the natural son of Maerbale Orsini of the line of Mugnano. Cast off by his father at the age of nine, he found a refuge among the choir boys of St. John Lateran, and a protector in Canon Gentile Delfini. He applied himself energetically to the study of the ancient languages, published a new edition of Arnobius and of the Septuagint, and wrote works dealing with the history of Rome.[3]
Orsini brought together a large collection of antiquities and built up a costly library of manuscripts and books, including the Vergilius Vaticanus, which later became part of the Vatican library. Orsini became also a friend and patron of El Greco, while the painter was in Rome (1570–1577). Orsini's collection would later include seven paintings by the artist (View of Mt. Sinai and a portrait of Clovio are among them).[4]
References
- "Orsini Family". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.
- Scholz-Hansel, Michael (1986). El Greco. Taschen. ISBN 3-8228-3171-9.
Footnotes
- ^ His name is sometimes latinized as Fulvius Ursinus (as it appears in the French Encyclopédie of 1751 (vol. 1, p. 9) or Fulvius Ursini, see: Tobias George Smollett, Tobias Smollett, Frank Felsenstein, Travels through France and Italy, Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 458
- ^ "Orsini Family". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.
- ^ "Orsini". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
- ^ M. Scholz-Hansel, El Greco, 19