Dzieje rodziny Marcella Bacciarellego – nowe ustalenia.
The history of Marcello Bacciarelli's family - new findings

Summary/Abstract: This article is a continuation of the research on the family history of the painter Marcello Bacciarelli. During the search for entries in the parish registers in Pesaro Cathedral—Archivio Diocesano— the only document that could be found was the baptism certificate of the artist’s father, Lorenzo Filippo Gasper Bacciarelli, with his date of birth, 26 May 1697. The Papal legate in Pesaro and Urbino—Cardinal Lorenzo Altieri—was his godfather. The Maestro di Casa, the hierarch Stefano Albertinelli stood in for Altieri at the baptism. There is no direct evidence of Giovanni Antonio Bacciarelli’s contacts with the cardinal, but he may have worked for him, possibly as a cook. The documents housed in the Archivio di Stato in Rome relating to the cardinal’s stay in Pesaro do not mention the names of the people in his employ. We do not know either when the Bacciarelli family moved from Pesaro to Rome. The only lead is the marriage certificate of the artist’s parents which mentioned the parish church of the groom as being San Pietro in Vaticano. The search undertaken in the Archivio del Capitolo di San Pietro did not confirm their presence in the close vicinity of St. Peter’s Basilica. New discoveries were made concerning the artist’s siblings, including his brother Antonio, who was a goldsmith and from 1764 was no longer listed as being in Rome. A search was carried out for the marriage certificate of his sister Zenobia, who on 31 August 1731 married Giancinto Fantuzzi. The search also encompassed the fate of the artist’s sisters, Anna and Rosa Costanza, wife of the architect Ignazio Brocchi. From 1802, the year in which the architect died, Rosa Constanza lived with his daughter Maria Arcangela and Vincenza Pizzituti; the latter was niece and daughter of Marcello’s eldest sister, Benedetta. After the death of Maria Arcangela in December 1802, Vincenza took care of her aunt definitely until 1817 and possibly until her death in 1820. Anna Bacciarelli also lived in the San Salvatore in Campo parish and died there in around 26–27 December 1811. She was buried in the tomb of the Brocchi family in the church of St. Nicholas de’Cesarini—no longer existing. During the searches it was also possible to find information about Benedetta Bacciarelli and her family. After getting married in 1750, she lived at first with her parents. In the years 1752–1767 she lived with the Pizzituti family in the Sant’ Eustachio parish. The couple had eight children, at least three of whom died in their childhood. An analysis of the many entries in the parish registers made it possible to determine further facts concerning Bacciarelli’s family, thus supplementing the history and conditions which shaped the artistic career of the Premier Peintre de la Cour de la Majesté le Roi de Pologne.

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