Antonio Pollaiuolo

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Engraving: Battle of the Naked Men
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Antonio Pollaiuolo (* 1431 in Florence , † February 4, 1498 in Rome ) was an Italian sculptor , engraver and painter .

Life

Pollaiuolo's name was actually Antonio di Jacopo d'Benci del Pollaiuolo . He learned the goldsmith's trade from his father , and at times shared the workshop with his brother Piero .

Like Andrea del Verrocchio , he worked as a goldsmith , medalist , ore caster and painter. One of his paintings is the altarpiece of the Pucci family with the torture of St. Sebastian . Equally remarkable is the bronze group with the slaughter of Antaios (also called Hercules and Antaeus ). Famous, however, is the copperplate fight of the naked men ; because this is one of the first nudes that suggests a detailed study of human anatomy.

As an ore caster , Pollaiuolo, called to Rome by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484 , created the tombs for Pope Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII, both in St. Peter's Basilica .

The joint workshop of the Pollaiuolo brothers is considered to be the most important in Renaissance Florence . The son of the same name Antonios (1454 to 1509) (or was he the son of brother Piero?) Made himself known as an architect , especially through his renovation of the Strozzi Palace.

The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the date of birth “17. January 1432/33 ”, other sources are uncertain. Antonio Pollaiuolo is buried with his brother Piero in a double grave in the Roman church of San Pietro in Vincoli .

literature

  • Giorgio Vasari : The life of Verrocchio and the Pollaiuolo brothers. Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini. Ed., Commented by introduced by Katja Burzer. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8031-5055-4 .
  • Alison Wright : The Pollaiuolo Brothers. The Arts of Florence and Rome. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 2005, ISBN 0-300-10625-4 .
  • Leopold Ettlinger Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo: Complete Edition with a Critical Catalog . Oxford: Phaidon, 1978
  • S. Ortolani: Il Pollaiuolo , Milan 1948
  • A. Sabatini: Antonio e Piero del Pollaiuolo , Florence 1944
  • C. Colacicchi: Pollaiuolo , Florence 1943
  • M. Cruttwell: Antonio Pollaiuolo , London 1907 ( archive.org )
  • L. Berti, article: Antonio Pollaiuolo in Kindler's Malereilexikon, dtv

Web links

Commons : Antonio del Pollaiolo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ POLLAIOLO ANTONIO. Biographies of Italian medalists and engravers. Vittorio Lorioli, accessed June 26, 2014 (Italian).
  2. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . POLLAIUOLO, ANTONIO DEL in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 638 f .
personal data
SURNAME Pollaiuolo, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pollaiuolo, Antonio del; Pollaiuolo, Antonio di Jacopo d'Antonio del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor, engraver and painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1432
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1498
Place of death Rome