Giovanni de Vecchi
Giovanni de Vecchi (also Giovanni de 'Vecchi ), called dal Borgo (* 1536 in Borgo San Sepolcro , † April 13, 1615 in Rome ) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance.
Life and education
De Vecchi was a student in the workshop of Raffaellino del Colle and Taddeo Zuccari , both important painters of Italian mannerism . From 1558 he worked in Rome, a. a. in well-known churches of the mendicant orders. In 1570 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca , to whose director (principe) he was appointed in 1596, and in 1578 a member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature ( Congregazione dei virtuosi del Pantheon) . One of his most important clients was Cardinal Alessandro Farnese .
Works (selection)
- Working in the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola together with Taddeo Zuccari
- Cardboard boxes for the mosaics in the choir of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome: the evangelists John and Luke
- Il Gesù , Rome: dome and pendentives (painted over in the 17th century)
- Santa Maria in Aracoeli , Rome: Cappella di San Bonaventura The repentant Jerome (1573) including: scenes from the life of the saint
- Santa Maria in Aracoeli , Rome: Cappella di San Diego d'Alcalà, altarpiece of St. Diego .
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva , Rome: Cappella Capranica The Stories of St. Catherine of Siena
- San Pietro in Montorio , Rome: Cappella di San Francesco stigmatization of St. Francis
- Santissimo Crocifisso , Rome: Participation in the frescoing of the oratorio
- San Pietro in Vincoli , Rome: Dead Christ in the 2nd chapel on the right
- Santa Prassede , Rome: removal of the keuz in the sacristy
- Sant'Eligio degli Orefici , Rome: fresco in the left chapel Adoration of the Shepherds
- Santo Stefano del Cacco , Rome: Fresco in the 1st chapel on the left Saint Stephen
- Work for various churches in Sansepolcro
- Sant'Andrea della Valle : Altarpiece in the 3rd chapel on the left, Saint Sebastian (1614)
Picture gallery
San Andrea della Valle - Saint Sebastian
San Pietro in Montorio - Stigmatization of St. Francis
Santa Prassede - Descent from the Cross
Santa Maria in Aracoeli - St. Diego
Santa Maria in Aracoeli - St. Jerome
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Story of St. Caterina
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literature
- Vecchi, Giovanni de . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 152 .
- Antonio Pinelli-Alessandra Uguccioni: De Vecchi, Giovanni. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 39: Deodato-DiFalco. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1991.
- British Museum Database: Giovanni de Vecchi (Biographical details)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vecchi, Giovanni de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | dal Borgo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter of the late Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1536 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borgo San Sepolcro |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1615 |
| Place of death | Rome |