"Felsina pittrice" has been criticized for its inaccuracies and unfavorably compared to "Le vite de' pittori, scultori et architetti moderni" (1672) by Malvasia's contemporary, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, on the grounds of that Malvasia's text is a mere compilation of facts embellished with poetic language, lacking in critical assessments and governed by no theoretical framework other than a provincial attachment to his native city.Recent scholarship has taken Malvasia more seriously as an art historian and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts is preparing the first scholarly, critical edition since 1841, accompanied by the first English translation, of the complete text of the "Felsina pittrice" (three of the planned sixteen volumes of which have been published by 2017).