Gerona, España
La historiografia artística al voltant de la pintura catalana del segle xvii s’ha servit de la famosa obra de teatre de Francesc Fontanella Lo Desengany per aventurar la fama de set pintors –Ros, Arnau, Ripoll, Casanoves, Cuquet, Guirro [Aguirre] i Altisent– dels quals fins recentment se’n coneixien molt poques dades biogràfiques. La present comunicació recopila les informacions existents i n’aporta de noves que ajudaran a discernir una mica més la seva personalitat artística.
The artistic historiography around 17th century Catalan painting makes use of the famous play by Francesc Fontanella Lo Desengany [The Disillusionment] to portray the fame of seven painters –Ros, Arnau, Ripoll, Casanoves, Cuquet, Guirro [Aguirre] and Altisent– of which until recently very little biographical details were known. This present commu-nication compiles the existing information as well as providing new aspects that will help to understand their artistic personality a little more.