Biagio di Goro Ghezzi

Biagio di Goro Ghezzi (* around 1325 ; † around 1384/1389) was an Italian painter who was mainly active in Siena and the surrounding area.

The frescoes by Biagio di Goro Ghezzi in the apse of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Paganico , in the center the altarpiece by Guidoccio Cozzarelli .

Life

The artist's place and year of birth are unknown. Gaudenz Freuler calculates the year of birth back to around 1325. He was active as a painter in the Siena area from 1350 to 1384. He probably learned his work from Pietro Lorenzetti , but influences from Lippo Vanni can also be found. Luca di Tommè and Niccolò di ser Sozzo , the trainer of Tommè and friend of the brothers Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti , also had an influence on his work . He was often confused with Bartolo di Fredi . From 1368 at the latest he also held public offices in Siena, first as priore (head) of the third city of Terzo di Camollia , then as prison director and councilor (Consiglio generale di Siena). He also had close contacts and business relationships with the goldsmiths' guild .

Works (selection)

• Asciano , Castello di Gallico, Collezione Salini: Madonna col Bambino (panel painting, 89 × 59 cm)
• Civitella Paganico , district Paganico , Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo, apse:
  • Proclamation (Annunciazione)
  • Nativity , Appearance of Saint Michael the Archangel on Monte Gargano , Saint Michael kills the dragon and Apparition of Saint Michael in the Castle of Sant'Angelo in Rome (Natività di Gesù, l'apparizione di San Michele Arcangelo sul Monte Gargano, San Michele che uccide il dragone, l'apparizione di San Michele in Castel Sant'Angelo a Roma)
  • The Epiphany and The Allegory of the Hereafter (Epifania, Allegoria dell'Oltretomba)
  • The four evangilists (I quattro Evangelisti)
  • Portrait of the six saints (below the archway, at the entrance to the apse)
• Montalcino , Museo Civico e Diocesano d'Arte Sacra:
  • Sant'Agostino e San Paolo (wood painting, comes from the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Montalcino)
  • San Giovanni Battista and Santa Maria Maddalena (part of a winged age)
• San Gimignano , Chiesa di Sant'Agostino: Madonna con Bambino e santi e Storie della Passione di Cristo (part of a wing age, attributed. The work from the sacristy can no longer be found today.)
• Siena , Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi : Sant'Agnese (mural)
• Siena, Collegio Tolomei (formerly part ( Campanile ) of the Church of Sant'Agostino ), entrance area Cappella del Campanile: Cristo benedicente , Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and San Lorenzo (frescoes, created between 1355 and 1365)
• Siena, San Mamiliano in Valli :
  • Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni evangelista , also called Maestà , (fresco, badly damaged, created in 1369)
  • San Cristoforo (fresco, badly damaged, created in 1369)

literature

• Biagio di Goro . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 579 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Gaudenz Freuler: The frescoes of Biagio di Goro Ghezzi in S. Michele in Paganico. In: Communications from the Art History Institute in Florence . Volume 25, Issue 1, 1981, pp. 31-58.
• Colum P. Hourihane (Ed.): The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. P. 331 f. ( books.google.it ).
• Cristina Ranucci:  GHEZZI, Biagio. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 53:  Gelati – Ghisalberti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.
• Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. Edizioni Bonechi, Florence 2004, ISBN 88-7204-456-1 , p. 362.

Web links

• List of works (selection) by Biagio di Goro Ghezzi in the Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Christina Ranucci: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
3. ↑ The work Madonna col Bambino on the website of the Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with ill.), accessed on July 7, 2014 (Italian). 
4. ↑ Website of the municipality of Civitella: The art treasures of the San Michele Arcangelo church ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Associazione storico-culturale Sant'Agostino on the painting Sant'Agostino e San Paolo in the Museo Civico e Diocesano d'Arte Sacra in Montalcino , accessed on July 7, 2014 (Italian)
6. ↑ The work San Giovanni Battista and Santa Maria Maddalena on the website of the Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna ( Memento of the original of 14 July 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with ill.), accessed on July 7, 2014 (Italian). 
7. ↑ SIRPAC - Sistema Informativo Regionale del Patrimonio Culturale of the Centro Regionale di Catalogazione e Restauro dei Beni Culturali on the frescoes in San Mamiliano ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 8, 2014 (Italian, with ill.). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada.