Jacopino del Conte
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Mannerist painter, active in both Rome
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and Florence
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A native of Florence, Jacopino del Conte was born the same year as another Florentine master Cecchino del Salviati (whom Conte outlived by 35 years) and, like Salviati and a number of other painters, he initially apprenticed with the influential painter and draftsman Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. Though highly regarded during his lifetime as an artist senza errori , his renown was eclipsed after his death by that of his contemporaries, Leonardo da Vinci,...
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Conte's first frescoes, including Annunciation to Zachariah (1536), Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (1538), and Baptism of Christ (1541) were in the Florentine-supported Oratory
Oratory (worship)
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of San Giovanni Decollato
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
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, located in Rome. The Preaching fresco was based on a drawing by Perin del Vaga
Perin del Vaga
Perino del Vaga was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism.-Biography:...
. In 1547–48, in collaboration with Siciolante da Sermoneta
Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta
Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid 16th century.Native to Sermoneta, he was reputed to have been a pupil of Leonardo da Pistoia. His first known work is an altarpiece once in the Valvisciolo Abbey, now in Palazzo Caetani in Rome. In...
, Conte completed the fresco decoration of the chapel of San Remigio in San Luigi dei Francesi
San Luigi dei Francesi
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. In 1552, he painted another work for the San Giovanni Decollato Oratory, the altarpiece Deposition, whose designs are sometimes attributed to Daniele da Volterra
Daniele da Volterra
Daniele Ricciarelli , better known as Daniele da Volterra, was an Italian mannerist painter and sculptor.He is best remembered for his association, for better or worse, with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works were based on designs made for that purpose by Michelangelo...
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Although the specific dates of his birth and death were not documented, in his final year Jacopino del Conte would have been 88 years old.
External links
- Image of Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist (1535), by Conte at National Gallery, Washington D.C.
- Image of The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the infant Baptist, by Conte at The Fitzwilliam Museum in UK
- Image of Holy Family, by Conte at MET, New York
- Image of "Lucrezia", temporary at the Borghese Gallery 2010-2011, Rome