A visual testament by Luca Riva, a deaf and mute pupil of the Procaccini

Angelo Lo Conte

doi:10.1111/rest.12730

A visual testament by Luca Riva, a deaf and mute pupil of the Procaccini

Angelo Lo Conte^*

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Academy of Visual Arts

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The paper investigates the visual testament by Luca Riva, a mute and deaf artist who studied in Milan under Camillo Procaccini. Dated 9 September 1624, the document consists of twelve folios bound together in a small volume. On the sheets, ten brown-ink drawings illustrate the beneficiaries of Riva’s testament, identifying the inheritance intended for them. Conserved in the Archivio di Stato in Milan, the document is the only testament known to have been made exclusively of visual elements and represents an invaluable source for the study of seventeenth-century Milan. Luca Riva’s testament casts a light on the interconnections between art practice and disability in the early modern period, and emphasizes the predominant role held in Milan by the Procaccini, a family of Bolognese painters who were instrumental in the evolution of Lombard art in the age of Archbishops Carlo and Federico Borromeo.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	222-251
Number of pages	30
Journal	Renaissance Studies
Volume	36
Issue number	2
Early online date	17 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12730
Publication status	Published - Apr 2022

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Cultural Studies
History
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Religious studies
Literature and Literary Theory

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art practice and disability in the early modern period
early modern Milan
Il testamento di Luca Riva

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