Andrea Vanni

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The fresco of Catherine of Siena in the San Domenico in Siena
Saint Petersburg, Hermitage : Ascensione di Cristo (detail)

Andrea Vanni (also Andrea di Vanni d'Andrea Salvani , * around 1330 in Siena ; † October 2, 1413 ibid) was an Italian painter and politician in Siena.

Life

Andrea Vanni was born to Vanni di Andrea (Salvani) and Giacoma di Vannuccio, who married in 1329. His brothers were Francesco and Cristoforo, who both also became painters. He himself was married to Petra Tavene, daughter of the notary Blasius Tavene, and had a daughter, Antonia. In 1480 he took over the sponsorship of the son of Cristofano Guidini (* around 1345 in Siena ; † 1410 ibid). Andrea Vanni was first mentioned in writing in 1349. Vanni was influenced by Simone Martini and the brothers Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti . Vanni belonged to the circle of friends and students of St. Catherine of Siena . In 1353 he opened his own art workshop (Bottega) together with Bartolo di Fredi , and since 1355 he was a member of the Guild Arte dei pittori in Siena. His political career began in Montalcino in 1363 as Castellano del Cassero . In 1369 he took part in the election of the Senator and a year later became a member of the Gran Consiglio della Repubblica (Great Council of the (Senese) Republic). Another year later he held the post of gonfaloniere of the third city of San Martino . In 1373 he became envoy of Siena to Pope Gregory XI. in Avignon , then he accompanied the office of Provveditore di Biccherna in Siena around 1377 . A year later he became a member of the Balia , another later Capitano del Popolo . Between 1383 and 1385 he worked as an ambassador and painter in Naples and painted in Sicily . Vanni's best works are those in the cathedral of Siena and the portrait and fresco (1375) of Saint Catherine in the monastery of San Domenico . In Santa Maria della Scala he left the works Cristo benedicente and Sibilla che predice ad Augusto la nascita di Cristo (fresco in the sacristy of the Compagnia) in the Compagnia di Santa Maria sotto le Volte . Andrea Vanni died in Siena on October 2, 1413 or 1414. Previously, the place of his death was not settled in Siena, as he was not in the register of San Domenico, later the grave was located in the cloister.

Works (selection)

  • Altenburg , Lindenau Museum : Cristo crocifisso con la Madonna, San Giovanni Evangelista e Santa Maria Maddalena (wood painting, 52 × 25.5 cm)
  • Boston , Museum of Fine Arts : San Pietro and San Paolo (2 parts of a winged altar )
  • Cambridge (England), Fitzwilliam Museum : Madonna col Bambino
  • Cambridge (Massachusetts), Fogg Art Museum :
    • San Marco Evangelista (part of a winged altar)
    • Angelo annunciante , Maria Vergine annunciata (parts of a winged altar)
    • Cristo crocifisso con la Madonna, san Giovanni Evangelista e santa Maria Maddalena
  • Florence , Uffizi Gallery , room 3: Madonna col Bambino, San Luca evangelista, angelo, profeta (circa 1390–1400)
  • Naples , Museo di Capodimonte : San Giacomo Maggiore (wood painting, approx. 1365/70)
  • Oxford , Ashmolean Museum : Madonna con Bambino
  • Saint Petersburg , Hermitage : Ascensione di Cristo
  • Seggiano , Chiesa di Santa Maria in Villa: Madonna col Bambino
  • Siena, Basilica di San Domenico , Cappella delle Volte: Caterina e una devota (created around 1380)
  • Siena, Basilica di San Francesco : Madonna e il Bambino (Cappella Palmieri, attributed, c. 1398, badly damaged by fire in 1655)
  • Siena, Chiesa di San Michele al Monte di San Donato: Madonna col Bambino (panel painting)
  • Siena, Chiesa di Santo Stefano alla Lizza: Madonna e santi (created in 1379)
  • Siena, Cathedral of Siena : chapel paintings and paintings in the crypt 1367, facade work 1380
  • Siena, Museo della Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni: Redentore benedicente
  • Siena, Oratorio di San Bernardino, Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra, room 5: Madonna col Bambino (2 works, one of which comes from the Chiesa di Santo Spirito)
  • Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale : Crocifissione e profeti (created around 1396)
  • Siena, Santa Maria della Scala :
    • Cristo benedicente (Compagnia di Santa Maria sotto le Volte)
    • Sibilla che predice ad Augusto la nascita di Cristo (Compagnia di Santa Maria sotto le Volte, fresco in the sacristy)

literature

Web links

Commons : Andrea Vanni  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. Saur / AKL
  2. ↑ DBI, the brother Francesco is not to be confused with Francesco Vanni . Both were buried in the family grave of Vanni in the Basilica di San Domenico in Siena, Francesco 1394, Cristoforo 1411.
  3. ^ Saur and DBI. The daughter Antonia was buried on July 18, 1420 in San Domenico
  4. ↑ Cristofano Guidini in the DBI, accessed on September 21, 2012 (ital.)
  5. ↑ a b c d cf. DBI
  6. ^ A b c Giacomo De Nicola : Andrea di Vanni d'Andrea . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 464-465 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna
  8. ↑ Polo Museale Fiorentino on the picture in the Uffizi Gallery, accessed on September 22, 2012 (Italian).
  9. ^ Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. P. 382.
  10. ^ Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. P. 375.
  11. ^ Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. P. 358.
  12. ^ Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. Pp. 341 and 390.
personal data
SURNAME Vanni, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1330
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1413
Place of death Siena