Master of the Osservanza
Master of the Osservanza: Saint Anthony and the Mount of Gold , ca.1435. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Master of Osservanza (Italian Maestro dell'Osservanza ) was an Italian painter who worked between 1440 and 1480. The master belongs to the Siena School and painted in their style influenced by Byzantine art .
Naming
A triptych in the Basilica dell'Osservanza in Siena was originally assigned to the painter Stefano di Giovanni Sassetta . However, art historians then began to see differences between the work and Sasetta's style and grouped this and a number of other pictures under the new emergency name of the master of the Osservanza . The works are now assigned to Sano di Pietro .
Works (selection)
Altarpieces
- Mary with Child , Triptych of the Osservanza, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena (Pin. 216)
- Birth of Mary with scenes from the life of Mary , Asciano , Museo diocesano d'Arte Sacra
- Madonna Enthroned with Cherubim , New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Trittichetto , Siena, Accademia Musicale Chigiana , Salotto del Sassetta
Scenes from the Passion
- Flagellation . Rome , Vatican Art Gallery
- Way to Golgotha , Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Crucifixion . Kiev , Museum of Western and Oriental Art
Scenes from the life of Saint Anthony
- Temptation on the Mountain of Gold , New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Distribution of Wealth to the Poor , Washington , National Gallery of Art
- Finding Paul the Hermit , Washington, National Gallery of Art
- Temptation of Antony by the Devil in the Form of a Woman , New Haven , Yale University Art Gallery
- The Mass of Saint Antonius Abbas , Berlin , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , Gemäldegalerie, cat. No. 63D
- Death of Saint Anthony , Washington, National Gallery of Art
Web links
Commons : Master of the Osservanza - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Based on an article by R. Longhi from 1940, see R. Longhi: Fatti di Masolino e di Masaccio: e altri studi sul Quattrocento: 1910-1967 Florenz, Sansoni, 1975, p. 60
- ^ A. Graziano: Il Maestro dell'Osservanza . In: Proporzioni , 2.1948, pp. 75-88
- ^ E. Carli: Sassetta e il Maestro dell'Osservanza . (Series: I Sommi dell'Arte Italiana), Milan, Aldo Martello, 1957
- ↑ Torriti, Piero: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada, Edizioni Bonechi, Florence 2004, ISBN 88-7204-456-1 , pp. 46, 193, 400
- ^ Website of the Basilica dell'Osservanza, viewed April 26, 2011 (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Osservanza |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maestro Dell'Osservanza |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century or 16th century |