Registro Generale: Inventory of all the works, tools, utensils, and other articles necessary for the profession of silversmith, gilder, and caster of every sort, various stones, hard and soft, cut and uncut, in the shop of Signor Giuseppe Valadier in the year MDCCCX
Scope and Content Note
Collection consists of a detailed 380-page manuscript inventory of the 18 rooms comprising Valadier's workshop in Rome in 1810. The inventory includes tools and utensils of various trades, particularly silversmiths, founders, gilders, bronze workers, ébénistes, and hardstone gem engravers. Also lists raw materials, models, drawings, and completed works found in the workshop. Contents are arranged by room.
Dates
- Creation: 1810, 1827
Creator
- Valadier, Giuseppe, 1762-1839 (Person)
Language of Materials
The inventory is in Italian.
Access Restrictions
These records are open for research by appointment under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives Access Policy. For all inquiries or to schedule an appointment, please contact the Archives Department at archives@frick.org.
Biographical Note
Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839) was a silversmith, architect, and head of the Vatican foundry. He operated the workshop founded by his grandfather, Andrea Valadier (1695-1759), and later run by his father, Luigi Valadier (1726-1785). Giuseppe Valadier turned the workshop over to the Spagna family in 1817.
Extent
0.25 Linear feet (1 volume)
Arrangement
Inventory is organized by room.
Provenance
Purchased with the support of Marina Kellen French, 2016.
Subject
- Valadier, Giuseppe, 1762-1839 (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Registro Generale [Inventory of the Workshop of Giuseppe Valadier], 1810, 1827
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Julie Ludwig
- Date
- © 2018 The Frick Collection. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository
