Keywords

• The instrument rogated by a notary belonging either to the Curia Capitolina or to the Reverenda Camera Apostolica
• is one the most interesting documents when investigating the activities of sculptors in Baroque Rome. It customarily set delivery dates and honorary of the sculptor
• as well as the cost of the raw marble and of its transport from the quarry to the artistâ€
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• s workshop.
• The sculptor was also asked to carve the marble di sua propria mano (by his own hand)
• without the help of pupils. Small and large models had also to be delivered to the patron along with the finished work.
• The dramatic increase in production of plastic works led in some cases to the compilation of private agreements
• drawn up directly by the contractors without the notaryâ€
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• s assistance. This kind of documents
• in which formulas are repeated more or less regularly
• reveals a number of changes that contribute to the understanding of the growth of sculpture in seventeenth-century Rome
• as well as of the market
• the costs of materials and timing of production