Lorenzo Rustici
Lorenzo Rustici (also mentioned as Lorenzo Brazzi , called Il Rustico , * 1521 in Siena , † 1572 ibid) was an Italian painter and plasterer who was mainly active in Siena.
Life
His father was Cristoforo di Lorenzo Brazzi († November 16, 1545 in Siena); he moved as an architect from Piacenza to Siena. Lorenzo Rustici was the father of Cristoforo Rustici , Vincenzo Rustici , and the father-in-law of Alessandro Casolani , who married his daughter Aurelia Rustici. From this marriage come his nephews, Cristoforo Casolani and Ilario Casolani . He probably received his training from Giovanni Antonio Bazzi ( called Sodoma ). His first trip to Rome is documented in 1558, then he stayed there from 1560 to 1562 to work at the Accademia di San Luca .
On October 10, 1570 he was mentioned in a document as a colleague of Bartolomeo Neroni (Il Riccio). He died around June 10, 1572 in Siena and was buried in the Basilica di San Domenico under the altar of San Pietro Martire.
Works (selection)
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Pienza , Museo diocesano:
- San Giovanni Battista , Cristo in pietà and Battesimo del Cristo (coffin heads, made around 1570, are in room 7, work attributed to)
- Madonna col Bambino (comes from Chiesa di Sant'Ansano a Dofàna in Castelnuovo Berardenga )
- Siena, Chiesa di San Pietro alla Magione : Madonna e il Bambino (fresco)
- Siena, Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi : Angeli
- Siena, Loggia della Mercanzia: frescoes and stucco work (created in 1554)
- Siena, Oratorio della Compagnia della Santissima Trinità: frescoes and stucco work in the first vault
- Siena, Palazzo Salimbeni , Collection of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena :
- Cristo in Pietà e due Angeli (fresco, Salone della Rocca, 310 × 284 cm, inv. 381682)
- Ecce homo (from the Collezione Chigi Saracini, Inv. 273)
swell
- Lorenzo Rustici . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 234-235 .
- Saur: General artist lexicon . Volume 14, p. 38, KG Saur Verlag, Munich and Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-598-22754-X .
- Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Entry to the Brazzi / Rustici
- Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada , Edizioni Bonechi, Florence 2004, ISBN 88-7204-456-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. DBI, here after G. Milanesi; Thieme-Becker assume a later date
- ↑ Toscana Oggi's website for the Museo diocesano in Pienza
- ↑ Official website of the Monte dei Paschi for the painting Cristo in Pietà e due Angeli ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rustici, Lorenzo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rustico, Lorenzo Brazzi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and plasterer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1521 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siena |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1572 |
| Place of death | Siena |