Bartolo di Fredi

Bartolo di Fredi (* around 1330 in Siena ; † around 1409 there; also Bartolo di Fredi Battilori ) was an Italian painter.

Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in San Francesco zu Montalcino, right wing: Mary Farewell to the Apostles and Mary's death

Bartoli di Fredi painted the frescoes in the main chapel of the Cathedral of Volterra in 1380 . In 1382 he worked on the central panel (Descent from the Cross) for the Cappella della Compagnia dell'Annunziata in San Francesco in Montalcino. In 1388 he painted the triptych for the same church . He had meanwhile gained great importance and was at times a member of the city government in Siena. His son Andrea di Bartolo also became a painter and was also a member of the city government,

Works

• Cycle of Creation, 1356, San Gimignano Cathedral
• Adoration of the Magi, around 1370, wood, 195 × 158 cm.
• Christ on the cross, adored by saints, around 1375–1385, 35.5 × 96.4 cm, tempera and gold on poplar, inv. 50, Lindenau Museum Altenburg
• Offering in the temple, wood, 80 × 125 cm.
• Madonna della Misericordia, 1364, wood, 215 × 210 cm.
• Mary with the Child and Saints, around 1365–70, wood, 39 × 80 cm.
• Polyptych from S. Francesco, central panel: Descent from the Cross, 1382, wood, 271 × 89 cm.
• Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in S. Francesco zu Montalcino, corner pilaster: Eight Saints, 1388, wood, 270 × 29 cm.
• Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in S. Francesco zu Montalcino, gable: Assumption of Mary, 1388, wood, 90 × 58 cm.
• Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in S. Francesco zu Montalcino, left wing: Return of Mary to the Father's House and Marriage of Mary , 1388, wood, 175 × 58 cm.
• Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in S. Francesco zu Montalcino, Predella: Joachim's expulsion from the temple, Entombment of Christ, Birth of Mary, 1388, wood, 23 × 135 cm.
• Triptych from the Cappella delle Carceri in S. Francesco zu Montalcino, right wing: Mary's Farewell to the Apostles and Mary's Death, 1388, wood, 175 × 58 cm. (See picture)

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Bartolo di Fredi. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 399-400.
• Enrico Castelnuovo:  BARTOLO di Fredi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 6:  Baratteri – Bartolozzi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1964.

Web links

Commons : Bartolo di Fredi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• List of works (selection) by Bartolo di Fredi in the Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna