Puntualizzazioni, ragguagli documentari e nuove ipotesi su Christopher Hewetson

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to investigate some aspects of the life and work of the Irish sculptor Christopher Hewetson, who died in Rome 1798. This research involved, on the one hand, the analysis of the historical-artistic context, and on the other, an attempt to reconstruct the artist’s life on the basis of documentary evidence in Roman archives such as the Historical Archive of the Diocese, the State Archives and the Archive of the Arcadia Academy at the Angelica Library. The material examined is especially plentiful in consideration of the discovery of the sculptor’s last will and testament and the inventory of his property and information on his connections with the members of the Arcadia Academy.