Francesco Ubertini

Francesco Ubertini , called Bachiacca , (* 1494 in Borgo San Lorenzo , † 1557 in Florence ) was an Italian Renaissance painter .

Bachiacca, Christ before Caïfa, 1539/40, Galleria degli Uffizi , Florence

Life

Bachiacca was the son of the goldsmith Francesco Ubertini Bachiacca. He was apprenticed to the painter Perugino , who had a strong stylistic influence on him in his early days. Bachiacca was also based on other models of his time, such as Albrecht Dürer , Piero di Cosimo and Andrea del Sarto . The panels from the life of Joseph (1515–1518) are among his youthful works.

He spent a few years in Rome making a number of drawings of flora and fauna from around the city. In 1540 he returned to Florence to work at the court of Cosimo I de 'Medici . Here he also took care of the decorative furnishings of the Palazzo Vecchio ; he designed seasonal tapestries that are now on display in the corridors of the Uffizi .

Bachiacca was also a master of chest painting and small figures. He painted cabinets, furniture and other facilities in the town houses. He copied works by Fra Bartolomeo , Andrea del Sarto, Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo . In the last years of his life he created his best works, including, for example, Christ before Caïfa (1539/40) or the portrait of Cardinal Leopoldo (1540/45).

Works (selection)

• The brothers ask Joseph for forgiveness , around 1515–18, wood, 36 × 140 cm (Washington, National Gallery)
• Feast of Joseph with his brothers , around 1515-18, wood, 36 × 140 cm (Washington, National Gallery)
• Scenes from the life of Joseph , 1515-16, oil on panel, each 26 × 14 cm (Rome, Galleria Borghese)
• Descent from the Cross , around 1518, oil on panel, 93 × 71 cm (Florence, Uffizi)
• The sermon of John the Baptist , around 1520, oil on panel, 68.5 × 92 cm (Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum)
• Three scenes from the life of St. Acacius , 1521–22, wood, 38 × 252 cm
• The corpse shooting , around 1523, oil on wood, 85 × 146 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, inv.no.80)
• Lady with a Bouquet , c.1525, oil on panel (Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
• Madonna and Child and the Infant St. John , 1525 (Dallas, Museum of Art)
• Sibylle , 1525–50, oil on panel, 70 54 cm (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, inv. No. GG 2682)
• Madonna and Child, Elisabeth and Johannesknaben , 1530–40, oil on panel, 60 c 50.5 cm (Esztergom, Christian Museum)
• Saint Sebastian , 1530–40, oil on canvas, 131.4 × 55.2 cm (Birmingham, Museum of Art)
• Christ before Caiaphas , 1539–40 (Florence, Uffizi)
• Mannalese , c.1540–55, oil on panel, 112 × 95 cm (Washington, National Gallery)
• Moses strikes water out of the rock , c. 1540–45, oil on panel, 100 × 80 cm (Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland)
• Lady with a Music Book , c. 1540–50, oil on panel (Los Angeles, Getty Center)
• Lady with a Kitten , around 1540–50, oil on panel, 26 × 19 cm (Berlin, Gemäldegalerie)
• Maria Magdalena , 1540–45, oil on panel, 51 × 42 cm (Florence, Palazzo Pitti)
• Lute player , 1550–55, canvas, 80 × 63 cm
• Baptism of Christ with saints , oil on panel, 248 × 213 cm (Badia, Borgo a Buggiano)
• Maria with child and Johannesknaben , oil on wood, 125.5 × 99 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, inv.no. 80 A)
• Leda and the Swan , oil on panel, 42.9 × 31.8 cm (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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  Sibylle, 1525/1550

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  St. Mary Magdalene, 1540/45

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  Moses knocks water out of the rock, 1540/45

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  Madonna, 1540/50

literature

• Luciano Berti (Ed.): The Uffizi. Florence, 1971
• Georg Kaufmann: The Art of the 16th Century. Propylaea Art History Vol. 8. Berlin, 1970

Web links

Commons : Bacchiacca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bachiacca: Moses knocks water out of the rock