Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
The Italian scholar Italo Faldi has observed the success with critics that Il Pastura's work has enjoyed. Even though Giorgio Vasari did not include Il Pastura's name in his "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects", Il Pastura's reputation benefited from a resurgence of interest in his work in the 19th century. One of the first monographs on an Italian painter was one written on Il Pastura, in 1901, by E. Steinmann.