Master of the Bigallo Crucifix

Master of the Bigallo Crucifix : Crucifix, (Crocifisso), Museo del Bigallo, Florence

The master of the Bigallo crucifix (or Bigallo master ) is a medieval painter who was active in Tuscany, probably in Florence , between 1225 and 1260 . The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the crucifix he painted , which is now in the Museo del Bigallo in Florence. The style of the master suggests the influence of Berlinghiero Berlinghieri .

Works (selection)

Crucifix, (Crocifisso), Museo del Bigallo, Florence

Other works of the same style are ascribed to the master of the Bigallo crucifix , e. B .:

Crucifix (Crucifix, AA Munger Collection, 1936.120), Art Institute , Chicago
Crucifix, Palazzo Barberini , Rome
Four scenes from the life of St. Zenobius, Museo dell 'Opera del Duomo, Florence

Web links

Commons : Master of the Bigallo Crucifix - collection of images, videos and audio files

Crucifix by the Master of the Bigallo Crucifix at Art Institute of Chicago

Individual evidence

↑ cf. z. B. Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà: A Crucifix at Chicago. In: Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago. Vol. 33, No. 3, March 1939, ISSN 0094-3312 , pp. 33-40.
↑ cf. also Christopher Lloyd: Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago. A catalog of the collection. Art Institute of Chicago et al., Chicago IL 1993, ISBN 0-86559-110-5 .
↑ cf. Maureen C. Miller: The Saint Zenobius Dossal by the Master of the Bigallo and the Cathedral Chapter of Florence. In: The Haskins Society Journal. Vol. 19, 2007, ISSN 0963-4959 , pp. 65-81.

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Bigallo Crucifix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bigallo master
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: before 1225
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: after 1260

[1] . z. B. Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà: A Crucifix at Chicago. In: Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago. Vol. 33, No. 3, March 1939, ISSN 0094-3312 , pp. 33-40.

[2] . also Christopher Lloyd: Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago. A catalog of the collection. Art Institute of Chicago et al., Chicago IL 1993, ISBN 0-86559-110-5 .

[3] . Maureen C. Miller: The Saint Zenobius Dossal by the Master of the Bigallo and the Cathedral Chapter of Florence. In: The Haskins Society Journal. Vol. 19, 2007, ISSN 0963-4959 , pp. 65-81.