Raffaellino da Reggio
Raffaele Motta (1550 – 1578), known as Raffaellino da Reggio, was an Italian
Biography
He was born at Codemondo near Reggio Emilia in 1550. According to his earliest biographer, Bonifacio Fantini, he was a builder's son who initially trained under
By December 1570, he was in Rome, performing a commission for the cardinal
Taken together, his work in Rome displays an eclectic approach, often though not always assuming stylistic traits of the late
He died prematurely in Rome in 1578 at around 28 years of age, overcome, according to Giovanni Baglione, by "malignant fever".
In his artist's biography, Baglione enthused that "if a man of such talent as Raffaellino had lived longer, he would have moved on to amazing things".[2] This assessment of his broader artistic potential has gained some recent critical support.[2][5]
References
- ^ a b c De Mieri, Stefano (2012). "Motta, Raffaele (Raffaellino da Reggio)". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 77. Rome: Treccani.
- ^ JSTOR 20074341.
- ^ Alessi, Andrea (April–June 2004). "'Raffaellino' da Reggio e la direzione dei lavori pittorici nella Palazzina Gambara a Bagnaia". Bollettino d'Arte (in Italian). Serie VI (128). Rome: Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali: 34–76.
- ^ "Reggio, Raffaellino da". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-05587-0.
Early biographical sources
- Baglione, Giovanni (1733). "Raffaellino da Reggio, Pittore". Le vite de ̕pittori, scultori, architetti, ed intagliatori, dal pontificato di Gregorio XIII: del 1572 fino a ̕tempi di papa Urbano VIII nel 1642 (in Italian). Naples: Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegie (published 1642). pp. 23–27.
- Fantini, Bonifacio (1850). "Raffaellino da Reggio, Pittore". Breve trattato della vita di Raffaele Mota reggiano pittore famosissimo pubblicato pel fausto maritaggio della signora Marchesa Anna Pallavicino col signor conte Giovanni Simonetta (in Italian). Parma: Tipografia Carmignani (published 1616). pp. 34–39.
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