The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 178 pages of information about The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance.

The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 178 pages of information about The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance.

ANDREA ORCAGNA AND HIS BROTHERS.

Andrea, 1308(?)-1368.  Pupil of Andrea Pisano; follower of Giotto;
    influenced by Ambrogio Lorenzetti of Siena.

Of the brothers, Nardo, who died in 1365, was scarcely his inferior.

The only painting certainly from Andrea’s hand is the altarpiece at S.
    Maria Novella.  The frescoes in the same church are probably by
    Nardo.

Budapest.
    50.  Madonna and Angels. 
Florence. 
    ACADEMY, 14.  Vision of St. Bernard and Saints.
    40.  Trinity with Evangelist and St. Romuald. 1365. 
    UFFIZI, 10.  St. Bartholomew and Angel (?).  E.
    29.  Coronation of the Virgin. 
      THIRD TUSCAN ROOM. 20.  St. Matthew Triptych.  Begun in 1367. 
    MR. B. BERENSON.  St. Benedict receiving a Novice. 
    BADIA, CAPPELLA BONSI.  Descent of Holy Spirit. 
    S. CROCE, SACRISTY.  Madonna with SS.  Gregory and Job. 1365. 
    S. MARIA NOVELLA, L. TRANSEPT.  Altarpiece. 1357.  Frescoes: 
        Paradise; Last Judgment; Hell. 
      CLOISTER.  Frescoes:  Annunciation to Joachim and Anne; Meeting of
          Same; Birth of Virgin; Presentation of Virgin in Temple; Full
          length figures of Saints. 
    CERTOSA (near Florence), CHAPEL.  Madonna. 
London.
    569-578.  Coronation and Saints, with nine smaller panels
        representing the Trinity, Angels, and Gospel Scenes. 
New Haven (U.  S. A.). 
    JARVES COLLECTION, 25.  Baptist.
    26.  St. Peter. 
Palermo. 
    BARON CHIARAMONTE-BORDONARO.  Madonna.

SCULPTURE (by Andrea).

Berlin. 
    VON KAUFMANN COLLECTION.  Head of female Saint. 
Florence. 
    BARGELLO. 139.  Angel playing Viol. 
    OR SAN MICHELE.  Tabernacle.  Finished 1359.

FRANCESCO PESELLINO.

1422-1457.  Pupil possibly of his grandfather, Giuliano Pesello; follower
    of Fra Angelico, Masaccio and Domenico Veneziano, but chiefly of Fra
    Filippo Lippi.

Altenburg. 
    LINDENAU MUSEUM, 96.  SS.  Jerome and Francis. 
Bergamo. 
    MORELLI, 9.  Florentine arraigned before a Judge.
    11.  Story of Griselda. 
Berlin. 
    Small Crucifixion. 
Boston (U.  S. A.). 
    MRS. J. L. GARDNER.  Two Cassone panels:  Triumphs of Petrarch. 
Chantilly. 
    MUSEE CONDE, 11.  Madonna and Saints.
    12.  Adoration of Magi. (?). 
Empoli. 
    OPERA DEL DUOMO, 24.  Madonna and Saints. 
Florence. 
    ACADEMY, 72. Predelle:  Nativity; Martyrdom of SS.  Cosmas and
        Damian; Miracle of St. Antony of Padua. 
Gloucester. 
    HIGHNAM COURT, SIR HUBERT PARRY, 95.  Annunciation. 
London. 
    COL.  G. L. HOLFORD, DORCHESTER HOUSE.  Madonna and Saints. 
Milan. 
    POLDI-PEZZOLI, 436.  Annunciation

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