The paper aims to link the enigmatic painter “Don Blas” who worked for the III Duke of Alcalá, Fernando Afán de Ribera and who lived in Rome in 1626 with the servant of the VII Duke of Montalto, the sicilian Luigi Guglielmo Moncada – son in law of Alcalá –, the painter Blas Orliens who painted the portrait gallery of Cagliari Royal Palace ca. 1646. Traces the conti- nuity between the houses of the Dukes of Alcalá and Montalto and raises the importance of court painter at noble houses. Finally questioned the artistic personality of this still unknown artist.... [Leer más...]