Fra Diamante
Fra Diamante (actually Diamante di Feo , * around 1430 in Terranuova , † around 1498) was an Italian Renaissance painter .
Life
Fra Diamante was born around 1430 in Terranuova in the Val d'Arno. He came to the Carmelite monastery in Prato in early childhood . He learned the art of painting from Filippo Lippi . Diamante worked for Lippi for the first time in 1447 (altarpiece Coronation of the Virgin Mary , now in the Uffizi ), from 1452 until Lippi's death in 1469 it was a constant collaboration. After Filippo Lippi's death, Fra Diamante completed works by Lippi, including the frescoes in the apse of Spoleto Cathedral . He also took care of his ten-year-old son Filippino Lippi , who learned the art from him and would later become a famous painter.
After Fra Diamante had finished the work on the frescoes of Spoleto, he returned to Prato. In 1472 he lived in Florence , where he was enrolled in the Compagnia di San Luca , an artists' guild. In 1481 and 1482 he painted at the Sistine Chapel . The last record about Fra Diamante comes from a letter from 1498.
Other works
- Adoration of the Child and Crucifixion ( National Museum Warsaw )
- Nativity of Christ ( Louvre , Paris)
literature
- Jane Turner (Ed.): The Dictionary of Art . Macmillan, London 1996. ISBN 1-884446-00-0 (hardcover, first edition). ISBN 0-19-517068-7 (hardcover, new edition). ISBN 0-333-74939-1 (leather-bound edition).
- Fogg Art Museum : Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings . Kessinger Pub Co, 2004. ISBN 978-1417960309 ( online ).
Web links
- Treccani.it - Enciclopedia Italiana: DIAMANTE di Feo (Fra Diamante) ; Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 39 (1991) (Italian)
- Gutenberg project: Fra Filippo Lippi ; Giorgio Vasari: Artists of the Renaissance - Chapter 14
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diamante, Fra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diamante di Feo; Diamante, Don; Piccino; Del Diamante di Feo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Renaissance painter and Carmelite |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Terranuova |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |