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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486–May 18 1551) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
-Mannerist painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 active predominantly in Siena
Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site....
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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486–May 18 1551) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
-Mannerist painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 active predominantly in Siena
Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site....
. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school
Sienese School

The Sienese School of painting flourished in Siena, Italy between the 13th and 15th centuries and for a time rivaled Florence, though it was more conservative, being inclined towards the decorative beauty and elegant grace of late Gothic art....
 of painting.

Biography

Domenico was born in Montaperti, near Siena
Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site....
, the son of Giacomo di Pace, a peasant who worked on the estate of Lorenzo Beccafumi. Seeing his talent for drawing, Lorenzo adopted him, and commended him to learn painting from Mechero, a lesser Sienese artist. In 1509 he traveled to Rome, but soon returned to Siena, and while the Roman forays of two Sienese artists of roughly his generation (Il Sodoma
Il Sodoma

Il Sodoma was the name given to the Italy Mannerism Painting Giovanni Antonio Bazzi Il Sodoma painted in a manner that superimposed the High Renaissance style of early 16th-century Rome onto the traditions of the provincial Sienese School; he spent the bulk of his professional life in Siena, with two periods in Rome....
 and Peruzzi
Baldassare Peruzzi

Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi was an Italian architect and Painting, born in a small town near Siena and died in Rome. He worked for many years, beginning in 1520, under Bramante, Raphael, and later Antonio da Sangallo the Younger during the erection of the new St....
) had imbued them with elements of the Umbrian-Florentine Classical style, Beccafumi's style remains, in striking ways, provincial. In Siena, he painted religious pieces for churches and of mythological decorations for private patrons, only mildly influenced by the gestured Mannerist
Mannerism

Mannerism is a Art periods of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but continued into the seventeenth century throughout much of Europe....
 trends dominating the neighboring Florentine school
Florentine School

The Florentine School refers to artists in, from or influenced by the Naturalism style developed in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading school of the world....
. There are medieval eccentricities, sometimes phantasmagoric, superfluous emotional detail and a misty non-linear, often jagged quality to his drawings, with primal tonality to his coloration that separates him from the classic Roman masters.

Pavement of Duomo di Siena

In addition to painting, he also directed the celebrated pavement of the cathedral of Siena
Duomo di Siena

The Cathedral of Siena , dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church and now to Santa Maria Assunta , is a medieval church in Siena, central Italy....
 from 1517-1544; a task that took over a century and a half. The pavement shows vast designs in commesso work—white marble, that is, engraved with the outlines of the subject in black, and having borders inlaid with rich patterns in many colours. From the year Beccafumi was engaged in continuing this pavement. He made very ingenious improvements in the technical processes employed, and laid down scenes from the stories of Ahab
Ahab

Ahab was Kingdom of Israel and the son and successor of Omri . William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 – 850 BC, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 874 – 853 BC....
 and Elijah, of Melchisedec, of Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
 and of Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
. He made a triumphal arch and an immense mechanical horse for the procession of the emperor Charles V
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
 on his entry into Siena.

Critical assessment and legacy

Compared to the equilibrated, geometric, and self-assured Florentine style, the Sienese style of painting, edges into a more irrational and emotionally-unbalanced world. Buildings are often transected, and perspectives awkward. The setting is often hallucinogenic; the colors, discordant. For example, in the Nativity (San Martino, Siena) hovering angels form an architectural hoop, figures enter from the shadows of a ruined arch. In his Annunciation, the Virgin resides in a world neither in day or dusk, she and the Angel Gabriel shine while the house is in shambles. In Christ in Limbo (Pinacoteca, Siena), an atypically represented topic, Christ sways in contraposto as he enters a netherworld of ruins and souls. S.J. Freedberg, compares his vibrant eccentric figures to those of the Florentine mannerist
Mannerism

Mannerism is a Art periods of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but continued into the seventeenth century throughout much of Europe....
 contemporary Rosso Fiorentino
Rosso Fiorentino

Giovanni Battista di Jacopo , known as Rosso Fiorentino , or Il Rosso, was an Italy Mannerism Painting, in oil and fresco, belonging to the Florentine school....
 yet more "optical and fluid". While all the elements of the expected religious scenes are here, it is like a play in which all the actors have taken atypical costumes, and forgotten some of their lines.

In Medieval Italy, Siena
Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site....
 had been an artistic, economic, and political rival of Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
; but wars and natural disasters caused a decline by the 15th century. Beccafumi's style is among the last in a line of Sienese artists, a medieval believer of miracles awaking in Renaissance reality.

Gallery



Partial anthology of works

  • The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena (1513) - J. Paul Getty Museum
    J. Paul Getty Museum

    The J. Paul Getty Museum, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is an art museum. It has two locations, one at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California and one at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California....
    , Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

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  • Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata (1513) - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Trinity triptych (1513) - Oil on wood, 152 x 228 cm, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • Marriage of St. Catherine (1514-1515) - Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • St. Paul (1515) - Oil on wood, 190 x 150 cm, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Siena
  • Marcia (1519, National Gallery, London)
  • Stigmatization of St. Catherine of Siena (1515) - Oil on wood, 208 x 156 cm, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • The Betrothal of the Virgin (1518) - Fresco, 295 x 304 cm, Oratory of San Bernardino, Siena
  • Tanaquil (1519) - Oil on wood, 92 x 53 cm, National Gallery, London
  • Self Portrait (1520)
  • St. Lucy (1521) - Oil on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine (1521) - Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • Frescoes in Bindi-Segardi Palace, Siena
  • in Palazzo Pubblico
    Palazzo Pubblico

    The Palazzo Pubblico is a palace in the city of Siena, located in the Tuscany region of Italy. Construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podesta and Council of Nine....
    , Siena (1529-1535)
  • The Holy Family with Young Saint John (1523-1524) - Oil on panel, diameter 86 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
    Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

    The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, or in Spanish Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, is an art gallery near the Prado Museum in Madrid. It is known as a part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Museo del Prado and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof?a galleries....
    , Madrid
  • Fall of the Rebel Angels (c. 1524) - Oil on wood, 347 x 227 cm, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • (c. 1528) - Oil on wood, 347 x 225 cm, San Niccolò al Carmine, Siena
  • Vision of St. Catherine of Sienna (1528) - Philbrook Museum of Art
    Philbrook Museum of Art

    The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma is an art museum and former home of Oklahoma petroleum pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve Phillips....
    , Tulsa
  • The Baptism of Christ (1528) - Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
  • The Nativity - Allentown Art Museum
    Allentown Art Museum

    The Allentown Art Museum is an art museum located in the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by noted Pennsylvania Impressionism painter, Walter Emerson Baum....
    , Allentown
    Allentown, Pennsylvania

    Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh....
  • Venus and Cupid with Vulcan (1528) - New Orleans Museum of Art
    New Orleans Museum of Art

    The New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, was established in 1911 as the Delgado Museum of Art with a bequest from Isaac Delgado....
    , New Orleans
  • Holy Family with St. John (c. 1530) -Oil on panel, diameter 84 cm, Uffizi, Florence
  • Holy Family with Saint Anne - Private collection
  • Escape of Clelia and the Roman Virgins - Uffizi, Florence
  • Punishment of Dathan - Pisa Cathedral
  • Drawing for Christ in Limbo (Stolen)
  • Christ in Limbo (1535) - Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
  • Moses and the Golden Calf (1536-1537) - Oil on wood, 197 x 139 cm, Pisa Cathedral
  • Saint Bernard of Siena Preaching (1537) - Musée du Louvre, Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
  • Saint Anthony and the Miracle of the Mule (1537) - Musée du Louvre, Paris
  • Saint Francis receives the stigmata (1537) - Musée du Louvre, Paris
  • Birth of the Virgin (1543) - Oil on wood, 233 x 145 cm, Accademia, Siena
  • Annunciation (1545-1546) - Oil on wood, Saints Martino and Vittorio, Sarteano
    Sarteano

    Sarteano is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italy region Tuscany, located about 100 km southeast of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Siena....
  • Coronation of the Virgin (1540s) - Santo Spirito, Siena
  • Madonna with infant and St. John (1540) - Oil on panel, 90 x 65 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

    The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, or National Gallery of Ancient Art, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, located on two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini....
    , Rome
  • Holy Family with Angels - National Gallery of Art
    National Gallery of Art

    The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1938 by the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W....
    , Washington, DC
  • Holy Family and St. John - Alte Pinakothek
    Alte Pinakothek

    The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
    , Munich
    Munich

    Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
     
  • Statues of Angels (1548-1550) - Presbytery of Siena Cathedral
  • Drawing of Abraham
  • St. Peter - Woodcut, Cleveland Museum of Art
    Cleveland Museum of Art

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It has a permanent collection of more than 43,000 works of art....
  • Angels drawing (1524-25) - San Francisco


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