Daniele da Volterra
Daniele da Volterra (* 1509 in Volterra , Tuscany , † April 4, 1566 in Rome ), actually Daniele Ricciarelli , was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Life
Volterra seems to have formed initially after Sodoma and later joined Michelangelo in Rome , through whose protection he became his successor as supervisor of the work at the Vatican. Michelangelo supported him with his advice and is said to have given him drawings for his pictures, for example for the famous Descent from the Cross, his main work (in Santa Trinità dei Monti in Rome). Presumably from Pope Paul III. Daniele da Volterra was commissioned to decorate the Stanza del Cardinale in the Palazzo Farnese under construction with frescoes. Of his other paintings, a Justitia in the Prior's Palace in Volterra and the Bethlehemite child murder in the Uffizi in Florence should be emphasized. A picture with the same depiction on both sides (David cuts off Goliath's head), painted on a giant slate , can be seen in the Louvre in Paris . The two representations differ in time by a brief moment, as is the case today in the film between two individual images .
Under Julius III. Volterra lost his job, turned to sculpture and later went to Florence, then came back to Rome and, on behalf of Pope Pius IV , covered the nakedness of the Last Judgment by Michelangelo ( altar painting of the Sistine Chapel ), which gave him the The nickname Braghettone (" pants painter") registered.
Of his sculptural work, the most outstanding is the statue of Cleopatra at the fountain in the corridor of the Belvedere. From France he received the order to make the equestrian statue of Henry II, but only the horse was made, which later Louis XIII. on the Place Royale in Paris. Volterra died on April 4, 1566.
literature
- Giorgio Vasari : The life of Daniele da Volterra and Taddeo Zuccaro. Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini. Ed., Commented by, introduced by Christina Irlenbusch. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-8031-5043-1 .
- Paul Barolsky : Daniele da Volterra: a catalog raisonné , New York, Garland 1979
Web links
- Literature by and about Daniele da Volterra in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michelangelo bust by Daniele da Volterra
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daniele da Volterra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volterra, Daniele there; Ricciarelli, Daniele (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1509 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Volterra |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1566 |
| Place of death | Rome |