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José Luis Sancho Gaspar
La obra del diseñador Mattia Gasparini para Carlos III en el Palacio Real de Madrid incluía, junto a la Cámara, los tres despachos del soberano, con ricos empanelados de maderas exóticas y bronce. Desmantelados en 1789, el principal de ellos fue trasladado entonces al cuarto de la reina María Luisa. Se estudian aquí las complejidades del proceso de realización de este “despacho secreto”, y en particular las dificultades que el diseño y exigencias de Gasparini supusieron para el broncista romano Antonio Vendetti, hasta ahora no apreciado en su justo valor.
The Gasparini room at the Madrid Royal Palace is the most known work by this artist, but not his only one in that residence of Charles III, where the King's cabinets were also designed by him. These three little rooms, paneled with exotic woods and bronze, were dismantled in 1789 and the main one was moved to Queen María Luisa's apartments. The making of this "secret cabinet" was complex as the intrincated designs and demand of Gasparini made the task difficult for the roman silversmith Antonio Vendetti, whose merit has not been properly acknowledged in the studies about this work.
