Filippo Abbiati

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Trompe-l'œil , about 1690

Filippo Abbiati (* 1640 in Milan ; † 1715 there ) was an Italian painter . Together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he is one of the most important painters of Lombard Mannerism .

Life

Filippo Abbiati, about whose life relatively few facts are known, was initially a student of Carlo Francesco Nuvolone in Milan . Later he took lessons from the painter Antonio Busca, who was born in Milan like himself . Above all, however, he studied the early Lombard Seicento painting, including works by Giovanni Battista Crespi and Giulio Cesare Procaccini . Then he became aware of the Roman Baroque , the style of which he brought to full bloom in northern Italy. Towards the end of the 17th century he finally became the forerunner and pioneer of the Italian Rococo in his late works , showing points of contact with Venetian painters such as Federico Bencovich and Sebastiano Ricci . With this understanding of art he influenced his students, including Pietro Maggi , Giuseppe Rivola and Alessandro Magnasco .

Abbiati's extensive work was essentially limited to Milan and neighboring areas. In 1671 he painted a no longer existing canvas for the Milanese church of Santa Maria del Carmine. Perhaps he lived in Venice for some time in his younger years , as his painting in the Scuola di San Giovanni in Murano , which has also not survived, suggests. In addition, it is occasionally assumed in art historical research that Abbiati went to Rome before 1674 , because this explains the influences of Roman painting on his canvas by Beato Tolomeo in the Milanese church of San Vittore al Corpo.

Abbiati created many altarpieces in the last quarter of the 17th century for places of worship in Milan and cities in the vicinity. In 1677 he painted, perhaps in collaboration with Luca Borromeo , a sermon by John the Baptist for the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli in Saronno . According to a payment receipt, he also made three paintings for the Milanese church of San Sebastiano in 1680. His frescoes, created together with Federico Bianchi in the period 1683–96 in the Milanese church of Sant'Alessandro, are considered to be his masterpiece . However, it is not easy to distinguish the works of the two painters from one another. In addition, Abbiati drew, among other things, the Council of Ephesus in 1683 for the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan and from 1684–86 31 pictures with scenes from the life of St. Lawrence for the cathedral in Novara . In 1698 he submitted his competition entry for the design of a silver statue in the Milan Cathedral . Two years later he made a drawing for the solemn burial of Charles II . Also around 1700 he painted two scenes from the life of St. Andrea Avellino for the Church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Milan , as well as St. Anthony converting a heretic and St. Peter Martyr exposing a false Madonna . Almost nothing is known about Abbiati's life and work after 1700 until his death in 1715.

Other works

  • Portrait of Filippo Pirogalli , around 1677, Milan, Ospedale Maggiore:
  • Self-portrait , Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary , around 1680, Morbio Inferiore , Switzerland , Basilica Santa Maria dei Miracoli
  • The Virgin Mary appears to Pope Honorius III. , Pavia , Santa Maria del Carmine
  • S. Siro before the Pope , Cathedral of Pavia
  • David , Moses , S. Augustine , Charterhouse of Pavia
  • Christ carries the cross , Pavia, Museo Malaspina

Abbiati's drawings are kept in the Pinacoteca Carrara in Bergamo and in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.

literature

Web links

Commons : Filippo Abbiati  - Collection of Images

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Giulio Natali ( Pavia e la sua certosa. Pavia 1924, p. 81) Filippo Abbiati was born in Voghera .
personal data
SURNAME Abbiati, Filippo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH 1715
Place of death Milan