Pittura ‘controriformata’ del primo Seicento napoletano. Il caso dello Pseudo Forlì, alias Santillo Filosa

This article proposes identifying the painter conventionally known as Pseu do-Forlì with Santillo Filosa, an artist docu mented in Naples between 1599 and 1636 who, according to archival records, worked for prestigious patrons. The correlation of several known documents concerning Fi losa with surviving paintings—particularly those found in Neapolitan churches and previously attributed to Pseudo-Forlì or to the circle of Fabrizio Santafede—allows for a reevaluation of the career of one of the most active and esteemed painters in ear ly seventeenth-century Naples. His work closely adhered to the artistic directives imposed by the Counter-Reformation Church, in line with other major figures of the same milieu, such as Giovan Vincenzo Forlì (with whom he was initially confused), Giovanni Balducci, Ippolito Borghese, and many others.