Francesco Salviati (painter)
Francesco Salviati | |
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Born | Francesco de' Rossi 1510 Florence, Republic of Florence |
Died | 11 November 1563 Rome, Papal States | (aged 52–53)
Notable work | The Incredulity of Saint Thomas |
Movement | Mannerism |
Francesco Salviati or Francesco de' Rossi (1510 – 11 November 1563) was an Italian Mannerist painter who lived and worked in Florence, with periods in Bologna and Venice, ending with a long period in Rome, where he died. He is known by various names, usually the adopted one of Francesco Salviati or Il Salviati, after an early patron, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati.[1]
He worked in fresco and oils, on ambitious history paintings, but also painted many portraits, and designed tapestries for the Medici.
Biography
Salviati was born in Florence, Italy. He apprenticed under Giuliano Bugiardini, Baccio Bandinelli, Andrea del Brescianino,[2] and finally (in 1529–1530) Andrea del Sarto. In 1531 he travelled to Rome, where he met another pupil of Bandinelli's, Giorgio Vasari, and helped to complete the frescoes on the Life of John the Baptist in the Palazzo Salviati for his patron, the Cardinal Giovanni Salviati. It is from his attachment to this household that he took on the surname.
In Rome he frescoed an Annunciation in the church of San Francesco a Ripa (1533–1535). His mature style has Mannerist contortions and crowded scenes similar to the output of Giulio Romano. In 1538 he joined Jacopino del Conte, completing a fresco of the Visitation[3] for the Oratory of San Giovanni Battista Decollato in Rome, the church of a Florentine fraternity ministering to persons who had been condemned to execution.
Salviati painted in Bologna in 1540 alongside Vasari, and stayed for a brief time in Venice, where he frescoed decorations for the Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa in an antique style. During this period his style shows the influences of Parmigianino. His many portrait paintings can sometimes be confused for Bronzino.[4][5][6]
In 1543 Salviati returned to Florence. Working for
He often travelled to Rome between 1548 and 1563, to complete various fresco series, such as the Wedding at Cana in the Oratory of the Piceni, a Birth of John the Baptist in the Oratory of San Giovanni Battista Decollato, in the Palazzo della Cancelleria (Pallium Cappella), in the Palazzo Sacchetti (Life of David[7]), and in the Palazzo Farnese.
He died in Rome on 11 November 1563.[8]
Collections
Many of his larger works are still in situ, and the
Gallery
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Chalice, 1530s, Louvre
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Portrait of Carlo Rimbotti, 1548, oil on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Portrait of a Man, 1540–1550, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Portrait of a Young Man, oil on canvas, c. 1550, Honolulu Museum of Art
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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, 1543–1547, Louvre
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Charity, 1554–1558, Uffizi
Footnotes
- ^ ULAN page
- ^ McTavish, David (Autumn 2010). "Nature and Art in the Early Drawings of Francesco Salviati". Master Drawings. 48 (3): 291–314., p. 291
- ^ Krén, Emil; Marx, Daniel. "The Visitation". Web Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Salviati". Saint Louis Art Museum. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- The J. Paul Getty Museum. J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Krén, Emil; Marx, Daniel. "Portrait of a Gentleman". Web Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Krén, Emil; Marx, Daniel. "Bathsheb Goes to King David". Web Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ISBN 2-7283-0627-3.
References
- Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500–1600. Penguin Books. pp. 437–442.
External links
- Web Gallery of Art Biography of Salviati and images of works.
- The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, a full-text exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Francesco de' Rossi (see index)