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June 2017, Research by Tomoko Ota at the Vatican library (BAV).
The inventory of Barberini family from 1679, the year Francesco deceased.
“Un paravento fatto a libretto di quattro foglie dipinto da una parte con paesi, e dall’altra con carte di geografia”
[BAV, AB, Indice II, 2447, f.12r]
-"A four-leaf booklet screen painted on one side with villages, and on the other with geography maps"
[Tomoko Ota: ASRN report, June 29, 2017]
Feb-Mar 2018, Research by Éliane Roux and Tomoko Ota
Following the Ota's finding of the reference of a screen in Barberini's inventory record, ASRN researched the inventory records of Barberini Family members who might have been inherited the screen such as Maffeo(1631-1658), Cardinal Carlo(1630 - 1706), and Antonio(1608 - 1671). However, we found no further evidence of the screen that was referenced in the 1679 inventory record. There is a possibility that Francesco acquired the screen between 1649 and 1679.
In the 1649 inventory record of Francesco Barberini (BAV Computisteria, 156), many objects related to East Asia are included, which is not surprising because the family had a very close relationship with the Jesuit who lead the missionary work in Asia. Such objects contain "a round shape container in Indian style that has "Jesus" design with inlaid mother of pearl on its lid or a small Indian desk made of reed", which description matches one of the objects gifted to Gregorius XIII in 1585.
Refferenced records:
BAV
Indici BAV, Archivio Barberini, 382 (Indice I, Indice II, Indice III, Indice IV, Computisteria); M. Aronberg Lavin, Seventeenth Century Barberini Documents and Inventories of Art, New York, 1975; indici agli uffici notarili dell’ASR (indici 10-11).
Old records of Barberini Family
Computisteria, 101 (Entrate e uscite di donativi, 1629-34)
Computisteria, 152 (Inventario del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1626-1631)
Computisteria, 156 (Inventario del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1649)
Computisteria, 163 (Registro dei mandati dell’eredità del card. Francesco Barberini, 1680-98)
Computisteria, 392 (Inventario dei beni del Principe Maffeo Barberini, 1686)
Indice II, 321 (Inventario della biblioteca e museo Barberini, s.d.
Indice II, 2439 (Inventario del card. Antonio Barberini redatto nel 1644)
Indice II, 2447 (Inventario (copia) del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1679)
Indice II, 2448 (Inventario (copia) del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1680)
Indice II, 2450 (Inventario dei beni del Principe Maffeo Barberini, 1685)
Indice II, 2451 (Inventario dei beni del Principe Maffeo Barberini, 1685)
Indice II, 2452 (Inventario dei beni (in uso?) della Principessa Olimpia Giustiniani, 1686 [o 1687?])
Indice II, 2453 (Inventario dei beni del Principe Maffeo Barberini, 1696)
Indice II, 2453 bis (Inventario dei beni del card. Carlo Barberini, 1704)
Indice II, 2454 (Copia dell’inventario dei beni del card. Carlo Barberini, 1704)
Indice II, 2456 (Inventario dei beni del principe Urbano Barberini, 1722)
Indice II, 2457 (Inventario dei beni del card. Francesco Barberini junior, 1722)
Indice II, 2460 A-B (Inventario dei beni del card. Carlo Barberini, 1738)
Indice II, 2461 (Inventario (copia) dei beni del card. Francesco Barberini junior, 1738
Indice II, 2462 (Inventario dei beni del card. Francesco Barberini jr., 1738)
Indice II, 2690 (Inventario dei beni donati da Urbano VIII al card. Francesco Barberini senior e al Principe Taddeo Barberini,1625-1636)
Barb. Orient., 157 (Scatola di lacca giapponese)
ASR
30 Notai capitolini, Ufficio 12, Testamenti 1704-07 (Testamento del card. Carlo Barberini, 1677)
Notai AC, 813 (Testamento autografo del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1677)
Notai AC, 814 (Inventario (originale) del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1680)
Notai AC, Belletti, vol. ? (Inventario (originale) del card. Francesco Barberini senior, 1679)
[Elaine Roux/Tomoko Ota: ASRN report, April 8, 2018]