Jacopo da Empoli

Jacopo da Empoli

Still life (1624)

Jacopo da Empoli (born April 30, 1551 in Florence , † September 30, 1640 in Florence ), also Jacopo Chimenti , was an Italian painter .

biography

Da Empoli was born to Chimenti di Girolamo di Michele and Alessandra di Iacopo Tatti, daughter of the sculptor and architect Andrea Sansovino . He was a student of Maso da San Friano , but only until he was 20 years old due to the death of his teacher. He spent his whole life in Florence.

Jacopo painted murals in the Certosa San Lorenzo di Galluzzo and the monastery of Boldrone , but gave up this art form after he fell from the scaffolding in the Charterhouse. Among other things, he is known for his still lifes, which often show large tables with various dishes.

Felice Ficherelli and Giovanni Battista Vanni were among his students .

Works (selection)

• The apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saints Luke and Saint Ivo, 239 cm × 182 cm, 1579, Louvre , Paris
• The wedding of Katherina de Medici and Henri von Valois, 228 cm × 235 cm, oil on canvas, 1600, Galleria degli Uffizi , Florence
• Leo X and Michelangelo on the plans of San Lorenzo, 1613, Casa Buonarroti , Florence
• Sacrifice of Isaac, 32 cm × 25 cm, oil on copper, 1610–1620, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
• St. Ivo, 288 cm × 212 cm, oil on panel, 1617, Palazzo Pitti , Florence
• Still life with hunted game, 119 cm × 152 cm, oil on canvas, 1624, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
• The wedding of Maria de Medici and Henri IV of Bourbon, 182 cm × 247 cm, oil on canvas, private collection

literature

• Kurt Busse: Chimenti, Iacopo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 500–503 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• M. Adelaide Chiappini Bianchini:  Da Empoli, Iacopo, detto Iacopo Chimenti. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 31:  Cristaldi – Dalla Nave. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1985.
• Heiko Damm: da Empoli, Jacopo . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 77, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023182-3 , p. 111.