Crescenzio Gambarelli

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Crescenzio Gambarelli (* in the second half of the 16th century in Siena ; † in the first half of the 17th century, probably in Siena) was an Italian painter who was active from 1591 to 1622.

Morte di Santa Caterina , Siena, Basilica di San Domenico, Capella delle Volte

Life

His father was called Domenico Gambarelli. He was first mentioned as a painter in 1591. At this time, he was at least of legal age that he appears in the tax list of the Senese city ​​third Terzo di Città . He was a close confidante of Rutilio Manetti , and he often worked with Simondio Salimbeni . His signature , read by some art historians as Cosimo Gambarelli , caused some confusion in art history . He was best known for his four works in the Cappella delle Volte in the Basilica di San Domenico , which he executed in 1602. His last work was made in Pisa in the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine , called Transito di Santa Teresa .

Works (selection)

  • Chianciano Terme , Museo della Collegiata di San Giovanni Battista: Purificazione della Vergine (attributed, was originally exhibited in the Collegiata di San Giovanni Battista in Chianciano Terme)
  • Pisa, Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine: Transito di Santa Teresa
  • Siena, Basilica di San Domenico , Cappella delle Volte:
    • Gesù offre a Caterina la crocetta che ella aveva donato allo stesso in veste di pellegrino povero (created in 1602)
    • Morte di Santa Caterina (created in 1602)
    • Santa Caterina che dona l'abito a Gesù povero pellegrino (created in 1602)
    • Santa Caterina che recita l'uffizio in compagnia di Gesù (created in 1602)
  • Siena, Chiesa di San Pietro a Vico d'Arbia in the district of Vico d'Arbia: Martirio di San Bartolomeo (attributed)
  • Siena, Chiesa di San Martino : Gloria di Dio e Santi (also Eterno e Santi , canvas painting)
  • Siena, Museo delle Biccherne, Siena State Archives in the Palazzo Piccolomini: Eterno e Santi (canvas painting, attributed)
  • Siena, Oratorio di San Bernardino, Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra: Il Santo davanti a Papa Martino V ( lunette )
  • Siena, Oratorio di San Rocco : Storie di San Rocco , cycle of frescoes created between 1605 and 1610 with Rutilio Manetti
  • Siena, Palazzo Pubblico :
    • Sala del Capitano del Popolo: Il Beato Giovanni Colombini porta sulle spalle Gesù apparsogli in veste di lebbroso (created in 1600)
    • Sala del Capitano del Popolo: Papa Urbano V. approva la regola dei Gesuati del Beato Colombini (created in 1600)
    • Seconda Sala: Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino

literature

Web links

Commons : Crescenzio Gambarelli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gambarelli, Crescenzio . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 139 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ a b c General artist lexicon . Volume 48: Gallarini-Garcha. KG Saur Verlag, Munich / Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 221.
  3. ↑ website Paesaggi Culturali Termali e Siti Unesco , accessed 5 February 2012 (Italian).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. Nuova Guida illustrata storico-artistica della Città e Dintorni. 2004.
  5. ^ Official website of the Tuscany region for the Chiesa di San Pietro , accessed on February 5, 2012 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Gambarelli, Crescenzio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century