Girolamo Muziano
Girolamo Muziano or Mutiani (c. 1532 – 1592), was an Italian painter, one of the most prominent artists active in Rome in the mid-to-late sixteenth century.[1]
Life
He was born in Acquafredda, near Brescia, but worked mainly in Rome.
Accounts from the 16th to 20th centuries said that Muziano began work under the tutelage of
Landscapes figured prominently in Muziano's early work, leading the Romans to nickname him Il giovane dei paesi (the young man of the landscapes). Although he produced drawings and paintings in this genre throughout his career, his interest shifted towards grand manner figure painting. Muziano painted religious and historical subjects in a style based largely on Michelangelo, giving great prominence to the monumental anatomy of his figures, even in works depicting ascetic saints. His Resurrection of Lazarus (1555), painted for the Colonna palace in
Muziano came to be the leading artist in Rome during the 1570-80s, painting in a style that appealed to Counter-Reformation patrons. He worked for
His most noted paintings include Circumcision, formerly the high altarpiece in the
Muziano died in 1592, and was buried in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.[2] Among his pupils were Paolo Rossetti of Cento[5] and Cesare Nebbia.[6]
Anthology of works
- Christ greets the Ambassadors of John the Baptist - Museo antico Tesoro- Loreto
- Landscape with waterfall (drawing) [1]
- Three paintings [2]
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Hercules slaying Nemean Lion – First Labor (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
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Hercules slaying Lernaean Hydra – Second Labor (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
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Hercules steals the Apples of the Hesperides – Twelfth Labor (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
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Hercules slays the Stymphalian Birds – Sixth Labor (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
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Hercules captures Cretan Bull – Seventh Labor (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
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Apotheosis of Hercules (1565), Villa d'Este, Tivoli.
References
- ^ Patrizia Tosini, Girolamo Muziano 1532-1592: dalla maniera alla natura (Ugo Bozzi, 2008).
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Resurrection of Lazarus". Vatican Museum. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ^ "Accademia di S.Luca", Roma Segreta
- ^ Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro., Volume 1; author Cesare Cittadella; published by Francesco Pomatelli in Ferrara, 1782, Page 162.
- ^ Il microcosmo della pittura; by Francesco Scannelli; Cesena (1657); page 191-192.
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Muziano, Girolamo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 103. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Sources
- Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500–1600. pp. 344–345 Penguin Books Ltd.