Cristofano Gherardi

Cristofano Gherardi
Cristofano Gherardi, 1555.
Transfiguration, 1555.

Cristofano Gherardi (November 25, 1508 – April 1556) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence and Tuscany.

He was born in Borgo San Sepolcro and also called il Doceno dal Borgo. He was the pupil of the painter Raffaellino del Colle, in whose shop he encountered Rosso Fiorentino and Giorgio Vasari. He painted under Vasari's direction, the one assistant of Vasari's whom Sidney J. Freedberg singles out.[1]

In 1536 Vasari invited him to Florence to assist in producing the decorations for the ceremonial entry of Charles V into Florence. The following year, in the reaction after Duke Alessandro's death, Gherardi was among those banished from Florence, so his work for Vasari was confined to projects outside Florence, until his banishment was lifted in 1554 and he was permitted to return . In the long interval he had painted the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth for the church of San Domenico in Città di Castello, church decorations in San Sepolcro, and works for the Vitelli,[2] who were long-term patrons. Gherardi, in the two years left to him, assisted Vasari in the Quartiere degli Elementi in Palazzo Vecchio. Vasari's main assistant after Gherardi's demise was Jan van der Straat, called Giovanni Stradano.

Selected works

  • Hall of Ceres, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence
  • Allegory of Human Redemption, Villa Albani, Rome
  • Visit of Mary to Elizabeth (1541-1545) Museum of Augustins de Toulouse
  • Helen surrenders to Paris
  • Assumption of the Virgin
  • Laborers in a landscape: Allegory of November
  • Holy family with St. John the Baptist & St. Anne
  • Holy family with St. Anne and St. Jean
  • Allegory of October
  • Old testament sacrifices, Cortona[3]

References

  1. ^ Freedberg, Painting in Italy 1500-1600(Pelican History of Art, Yale University Press) 3rd ed. 1993:454.
  2. ^ At their Castello del Bufalo near San Sepolcro and at their palazzo in Città di Castello (Freedberg 1993:454).
  3. ^ Isaac by GHERARDI, Cristofano




Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cristofano Gherardi — Portrait de Gherardi Gravure de Le Vite de Vasari Cristofano Gherardi, dit il Doceno (dal Borgo), (Borgo Sansepolcro, 25 novembre 1508 avril 1556) est un peintre italien maniériste toscan, pupille et proche collaborateur de Giorgio Vasari avant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cristofano — may refer to: Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), an Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school Cristofano Berardi (18th century), an Italian engraver Cristofano Bertelli (active c. 1525), an Italian engraver Cristofano dell… …   Wikipedia

  • Citta di Castello — Città di Castello Città di Castello Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Città Di Castello — Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Città di Castello — Administration …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Città di castello — Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lattanzio Pagani — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pagani (homonymie). Lattanzio Pagani (né à Monterubbiano, dans la province de Fermo (Marches), documenté dans les années 1520 1582) est un peintre italien du XVIe siècle. Sommaire 1 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Castration — The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence). Not to be confused with Penectomy or Penis removal. Castration (also referred to as gelding, spa …   Wikipedia

  • Cherubino Alberti — Giove bacia Ganimede by Cherubino Alberti, after a work by Polidoro di Caravaggio. Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), also called Borghegiano, was an Italian engraver and painter. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects — Infobox Book name = Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects title orig = Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori translator = E.L. Seeley image caption = A cover of the Vite author = Giorgio Vasari… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”