Un contributo per Antonia Nava Cellini. (Corsican)

The article briefly traces the human and intellectual biography of Antonia Nava Cellini (1909-2000), one of the most well-regarded 20th-century specialists in Baroque sculpture. Her activity, as most female contributions, has been largely overlooked. An oversight that clearly emerges in the bibliography dedicateted to her husband, the restorer Pico Cellini. To compensate Nava for the important role she played in the studies, the article dwells on the salient moments of her career: from her Roman formation with Pietro Toesca, to her intellectual closeness to Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, and finally to her many essays for «Paragone». From the latter phase, some of Antonia Nava Cellini's many brilliant insights in the field of seventeenth-century statuary are reported, ranging from the contributions devoted to Alessandro Algardi, to Neapolitan sculpture, without neglecting Bernini and his circle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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