Roberto Zapperi

Roberto Zapperi
Zapperi in 2020
Born(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Catania, Italy
Died4 April 2026(2026-04-04) (aged 94)
Rome, Italy
EducationBerlin Institute for Advanced Study
OccupationArt historian

Roberto Zapperi (20 January 1932 – 4 April 2026) was an Italian art historian and writer.[1]

Zapperi received a fellowship from the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi and the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study[2] before becoming a professor in Hamburg.[3] He was also a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.[4]

Zapperi died in Rome on 4 April 2026, at the age of 94.[5]

Works

  • Annibale Carracci. Ritratto di artista da giovane (1989)
  • Tiziano, Paolo III e i suoi nipoti (1990)
  • Eros e controriforma. Preistoria della galleria Farnese (1994)
  • La leggenda del papa Paolo III. Arte e censura nell'Europa pontificia (1998)
  • Una vita in incognito. Goethe a Roma (2000)
  • Il selvaggio gentiluomo. L'incredibile storia di Pedro Gonzales e dei suoi figli (2005)
  • Il ritratto dell'amata. Storie d'amore da Petrarca a Tiziano (2006)
  • Monna Lisa Addio, La vera storia della Gioconda (2012)

References

  1. ↑ Seibt, Gustav (7 April 2026). "Der Wortführer des Besonderen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Roberto Zapperi, Dr. phil". Berlin Institute for Advanced Study (in German).
  3. ↑ "Warburg-Professur". Warburg-Haus (in German).
  4. ↑ "Roberto Zapperi". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German).
  5. ↑ "Addio a Roberto Zapperi, storico e biografo del dizionario biografico degli italiani". CataniaToday (in Italian). 6 April 2026. Retrieved 8 April 2026.