Sobre Gaspar Becerra en Roma. La capilla de Constantino del Castillo en la iglesia de Santiago de los Españoles

Abstract

Until now, Gaspar Becerra's stay in Rome was documented only thanks to his recorded presence at the San Lucas meetings of 1544 and 1550, and the execution of a monstrance for the church of Saint James of the Spaniards between 1550 and 1551. By December 1557 the Andalucian artist was in Burgos, thereby indicating that he spent at least thirteen years in the Eternal City. Here, the author presents the contract between Becerra and Constantino del Castillo for his chapel, today destroyed, in the church of Saint James of the Spaniards. In reconstructing and analyzing this chapel. Becerra's formation and style are clarified, as are his contacts with the artist from Piacenza, Giulio Mazzoni who, as demonstrated by a document, terminated the chapel.