Tommaso de 'Cavalieri

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Tommaso de 'Cavalieri (* around 1509/10 in Rome , † 1587 in Rome) was an Italian draftsman and art collector.

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Tommaso de 'Cavalieri was a student of Michelangelo Buonarroti , with whom he learned to draw. Nothing is known about his origin or a possible initial training. In 1532 he learned the art of drawing from Michelangelo, in which he achieved some mastery. In the years that followed, the teacher-student relationship developed into a solid friendship that earned him a great reputation. Because of this reputation he was elected in 1548 as one of the deputies of the Fabbrica of the Capitol, where he was responsible for setting up the fasti capitolini in the Palazzo dei Conservatori .

His close friendship with Michelangelo he came into close contact with many other artists from his circle, so he soon began to build its own exquisite collection of drawings, of which today many leaves in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle are . As a result of this passion for collecting, he was soon considered a great art connoisseur, who was consulted by both the Pope and many cardinals as an expert on art issues.

Many of Tommaso's drawings were, or are still considered to be, handwritten works by his teacher and thus prove his extraordinary talent. It is believed that Michelangelo could have taken up some of Tommaso's figure developments and further developed them, for example with some figures for the Cappella Sistina .

Michelangelo dedicated some of his sonnets to Tommaso de 'Cavalieri, which, due to their intimate character, are seen by some people today as evidence of a secret love affair between the two. This thesis is considered highly speculative in the professional world and cannot be substantiated by any contemporary statements or documents.

In 2010 the Courtauld Institute of Art in London dedicated a series of drawings by Michelangelo under the title Michelangelo's Dream with supposed references to Tommaso to the theme of sexuality. The drawings dated 1533 were presented from various museums. These are the drawings: The Punishment of Tityus , The Fall of Phaeton , A Bacchanal of Children , The Rape of Ganymede and The Dream of Human Life . The exhibition catalog was edited by the curator, Stephanie Buck.

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Web links

Commons : Tommaso dei Cavalieri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurier: The love of one's own gender ( Memento from March 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Cavalieri, Tommaso de '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cavalieri, Tommaso dei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian draftsman and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH between 1509 and 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH 1587
Place of death Rome