Bartolomeo Cesi (painter)

Crucifixion with Mary, John the Baptist, St. Mark and St. Anthony , Galleria dei dipinti antichi del Crédit Agricole Italia e della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena

Bartolomeo Cesi (also Bartolomeo Ceci ; born August 16, 1556 in Bologna ; † August 15, 1629 ibid) was an Italian painter of the Bolognese school .

Life

Bartolomeo Cesi came from a wealthy family of the Bolognese bourgeoisie. He received his artistic training as a youth from Giovanni Francesco Bezzi , known as il Nosadella . Bartolomeo Cesi developed his personal style based on Mannerism , as can be seen from his work in the Vezza Chapel of the Basilica Santo Stefano in Bologna (1574) and his mythological references in the design of the Palazzo Boschi. In 1583 he was accepted as a master in the Bolognese painters' guild.

Bartolomeo Cesi: Due uomini fiorentini . 1600. Flrorenz, Uffizi Gallery

In a later phase of his artistic work, Bartolomeo Cesi adapted himself to the Florentine style prevailing at the time, being influenced by the Counter Reformation as well as by the book of Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti Discorso intorno alle immagini sacre e profane (1582). This endeavor to combine naturalistic elements with the representation of Christian elements of faith is evident in the image of Saint Benedict in the Church of San Procolo in Bologna

In 1591 he went on a trip to Rome, where he had already made contacts through Scipione Pulzone . During this stay, he expanded his skills as a painter in terms of color and representation with elements from the formal language of religious painting.

In 1595 Cesi finished the triptych Adorazione dei Magi ("Adoration of the Three Magi") in the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna and a representation of the Virgin with saints . One of his last works was the painting of the choir and the crypt in the cathedral of Bologna in collaboration with Prospero Fontana . He also worked with Ludovico Carracci .

Passion cycle for the Charterhouse of San Girolamo di Bologna

Prayer in Getsemane	crucifixion	Entombment

literature

Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel : Cesi, Bartolomeo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 314-315 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Francesco Arcangeli: Maestri della pittura del Seicento emiliano. Bologna 1959, pp. 50-55.
Giuseppe Scavizzi: Cesi, Bartolomeo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 24: Cerreto – Chini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1980.
Alberto Graziani: Bartolomeo Cesi. Dalerba, Bussero 1988.
Michele Danieli: Il primo decennio di attività di Bartolomeo Cesi: 1574-1584. In: Paragone 61, 91, 2010, pp. 5–25 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Bartolomeo Cesi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by Bartolomeo Cesi on www.artnet.com

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Le muse . tape 3 . De Agostini, Novara 1964, pp. 216 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Giuseppe Scavizzi: Cesi, Bartolomeo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 24: Cerreto – Chini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1980.

personal data
SURNAME	Cesi, Bartolomeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ceci, Bartolomeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter of the Bolognese school
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1556
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1629
Place of death	Bologna

[le_muse-1] Le muse . tape 3 . De Agostini, Novara 1964, pp. 216 .

[DBI-2] Giuseppe Scavizzi: Cesi, Bartolomeo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 24: Cerreto – Chini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1980.