Un "artista cuyas obras parecen romanas": Medoro Angelino (1560-1633) en Perú a través de nuevos documentos

Abstract

Medoro Angelino is one of those figures about whom, although much has already been written, there are still several points to be explored and clarified. In this sense, the article aims to highlight some unpublished aspects of the artist. As a starting point, some clarifications are provided on the painter's anagrammatic data, id est, his real name, his Roman origin and his year of birth. Next, documents possibly referring to Medoro Angelino's parents are pointed out and the artist is framed within the Roman painting of the second half of the 16th century, highlighting the masters who could have influenced his art, which is shown to be systematically related to the late Mannerism. Speaking of the late Mannerism, a digression is made on the use of this term and the need to abandon the labels Counter-Mannerism and Anti-Mannerism. The last part of the article focuses on Medoro Angelino's Peruvian activity in order to contextualize seven documents, six of them unpublished, referring to his twenty years in Lima. These documents provide information about his profession and his daily life, giving us a significant insight into the painter's dense and varied network of contacts.