Niccolò Tornioli

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Niccolò Tornioli (* after 1598 in Siena , † August 18, 1651 in Rome ) was an Italian painter.

biography

Calling St. Matthew , Rouen

He was born in Siena as the son of Lorenzo Tornioli, "weigher" at the city customs. In his hometown he was trained and began to paint. In 1635 he moved to Rome. There he befriended the collaborator of Agostino Tassi , Giovanni Antonio Galli , known as "lo Spadarino", and with the sculptors Francesco Mochi and Alessandro Algardi .

The trip to Rome with his protector, the later Cardinal (1670) Federico IV. Borromeo (1617–1673), did not bring him the customer contacts he had hoped for. Therefore, he left Borromeo in March 1636 and placed himself under the protection of Cardinal Moritz von Savoyen (1593-1657), who in the same year presented him with a portrait of Emperor Ferdinand III . and commissioned the pyrotechnic systems for the celebrations on the occasion of his accession to the throne. For the cardinal he also painted “many pictures with stories and miracles”, a Madonna in glory with the souls of the saints and a saint Michael who was sent to Turin .

In 1642 he switched to the service of Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597–1679), for whom he painted a painting in the church of Santa Petronilla in Siena, which was destroyed by fire in 1689. He painted another Madonna and Child for Barberini , which was owned by Prince Maffeo Barberini in 1686. Another unknown work was done for Cardinal Francesco Adriano Ceva.

In 1643 he turned to the Congregation of the Chiesa Nuova (Santa Maria in Vallicella) and asked for a free painting in honor of Saint Philip Neri . He was entrusted with a fresco in the vault of a room behind the chapel of the saints, with an oval in the center with a Madonna who heals Saint Philip at the time of death , which remained unfinished when he died in 1651.

Among the Oratorians, he met Virgilio Spada (1596–1662), brother of Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594–1661) and from 1645 head of the cathedral building works of St. Peter . In the same year, the cardinal bought seven paintings by Tornioli for his collection and later added three more, probably after the painter's death. 1645 bought Virgil himself two other paintings, including a Cain and Abel , the Pope Innocent X were given. Work followed for both sides of the Cappella Spada in San Paolo Maggiore in Bologna .

He was commissioned by Virgilio Spada to draw the cardboard boxes for the mosaics in the Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento in St. Peter's Basilica , which were made between 1647 and 1648. However, the order was discontinued in 1650 because he had painted the mosaic stones instead of using colored ones. His protector's outrage over the deception ended his career. The painter died the following year, leaving behind his wife Cecilia Castelli and daughter Francesca Maria.

Works

The virgin with child and John
  • 1628: Procession banner of the “Compagnia di San Giovannino sotto il Duomo” of Siena, which was repainted a few years later by Rutilio and Domenico Manetti
  • 1630: Design for an altarpiece with the ecstasy of Blessed Gioacchino Piccolomini for the Basilica dei Servi ( Pinacoteca di Siena ), which was later painted by Rutilio Manetti
  • 1631: Crucifixion for the altar in the right chapel in the Church of San Niccolò in Sasso
  • 1630–1632: Madonna and Child, Saint Maria Maddalena, Saint Joseph and Saint Augustine ( Chigi- Saracini collection )
  • 1633–1634: Martyrdom of Saint Lucia , Chapel of Saint Lucia, Convento di Santa Maria a Ripa, Empoli
  • 1634: Appointment of St. Matthew for the Customs of Siena
  • 1635–1636: Vision of Saint John in Patmos for Federico IV. Borromeo (today in Milan , Palazzo Marino , clock room)
  • 1635–1636: Saint Sebastiano looked after by Saint Irene for Federico IV. Borromeo (today in Milan, Palazzo Marino, clock room)
  • 1637: Portrait of Ferdinand III. on horseback on behalf of Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia
  • 1637-1642:
    • Madonna in glory with the souls of the saints , commissioned by Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia for the destroyed Church of the Virgin of Suffragio in Turin , today perhaps in the church of Sant'Agostino
    • Saint Michael , on behalf of Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia for Turin
  • 1643–1651: Madonna who heals Saint Philip at the time of death , fresco of the vault of a room behind the Cappella del Santo in the Chiesa Nuova , supplemented by others after the painter's death
  • 1643: seven pictures for the collection of Cardinal Bernardino Spada :
    • Carità romana (Galleria Spada)
    • Madonna with Sleeping Child and Saint Joseph (Galleria Spada)
    • Sleeping Magdalena (Italian Embassy in Ankara )
    • Holy Annunciation (main altar of the parish church Santissima Annunziata of Castel Viscardo )
    • Madonna and Child with Angels , in the Italian Embassy in Berlin stored and in the Second World War lost
    • a second Madonna with sleeping child and Saint Joseph , lost
    • The love that sleeps among the liberal arts is lost
  • 1645: Order from Virgilio Spada:
  • 1646: Another Cain and Abel , commissioned by Virgilio Spada for the Spada Chapel of the Church of San Paolo Maggiore in Bologna and placed there in 1648
  • 1647–1650: Cardboard boxes and mosaics for the Santissimo Sacramento chapel in St. Peter's Basilica (baptism of Christ, anointing, holy oil, penance) and mosaic for the dome frieze
  • 1648: Jacob's fight with the angel , for the other side of the Kapella Spada in San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna
  • Paintings bought by Cardinal Bernardino Spada after the painter's death:
    • third version of Cain kills Abel (Galleria Spada, in the collection since 1652)
    • Sacrifice of Mirtillo (Galleria Spada, in the collection since 1658)
    • Jesus drives the merchants out of the temple (Palazzo Spada, main floor)

Remarks

Astronomers
  1. ↑ According to a source from the 17th century (Ugurgieri Azzolini: Le pompe sanesi . Volume 2 . Pistoia 1649, p. 387 . ) Tornioli came to Rome in January 1635 with the later Cardinal Federico Borromeo, while he cannot be recognized in the "Niccolò, painter", who was mentioned in 1633 as a resident of Via del Corso (Rita Randolfi: Alcune precisazioni sull'attività romana di Niccolò Tornioli . In: Studi di storia dell'arte . No. 7 , 1996, pp. 347-355 . ).
  2. ↑ Ugurgieri Azzolini: Le pompe sanesi . tape 2 . Pistoia 1649, p. 387 .
  3. ^ M. Ciampolini: Bernardino Mei e la pittura barocca a Siena . Exhibition catalog. Florence 1987, p. 101 .
  4. ↑ Rita Randolfi: Alcune precisazioni sull'attività romana di Niccolò Tornioli . In: Studi di storia dell'arte . No. 7 , 1996, pp. 348 .
  5. ^ G. Incisa della Rocchetta: La sala rossa e la cappella interna di San Filippo . In: Oratorio . No. 2 , 1972, p. 88-89 .
  6. ^ J. Connors, G. Incisa della Rocchetta: Documenti sul complesso borrominiano alla Vallicella . In: Archivio della Società romana di storia patria . 1981, p. 221 .
  7. ↑ a b Roberto Cannatà: Il Collezionismo di Virgilio Spada . In: La Galleria di Palazzo Spada .
  8. ^ L. Neppi: Palazzo Spada . Rome 1975, p. 293 (Italian).
  9. ↑ Roberto Cannatà: Il Collezionismo del cardinal Bernardino Spada . In: La Galleria di Palazzo Spada .
  10. ↑ S. Sperindei: L'inventario di Nicolò Tornioli. Aggiornamenti e nuovi documenti . In: Valori Tattili . 2011, p. 114-123 .
  11. ↑ L. Manzini: Applausi festivi fatti in Roma per l'elezione di Ferdinando II al Regno de 'Romani dal serenissimo principe Maurizio cardinal di Savoia . Rome 1637, p. 88-92 .
  12. ^ Maria Lucrezia Licini: Il pittore senese Niccolò Tornioli e la Galleria Spada . Rome 2001, p. 7 .
  13. ^ M. Di Macco: Diana cacciatrice . Exhibition catalog. In: Arte di corte nel Piemonte del seicento . Turin 1989, p. 190 .
  14. ↑ The painting was brought to the church of the fief in 1683 (Roberto Cannatà: Il collezionismo del cardinale Bernardino Spada . In: La Galleria di Palazzo Spada. Genesi e storia di una collezione . Rome 1992, p. 45 . ), came into the possession of the Spada family in 1636 after the marriage of Orazio Spada (1613–1687), nephew of Bernardino and Virgilio, to Maria Veralli (1616–1686). (ML Vicini: La famiglia Spada Veralli. Ritratto della marchesa Maria Veralli e di cinque suoi figli . Rome 1999, p. 5-16 . )
  15. ↑ Roberto Cannatà: Laboratorio di restauro . Exhibition catalog. Rome 1988, p. 176 .

literature

  • ML Licini: Il pittore senese Niccolò Tornioli e la Galleria Spada . Rome 2001.
  • M. Ciampolini: Integrazioni al catalogo di Niccolò Tornioli . In: Antichità viva . tape 34 , no. 4 , 1995, p. 26-34 .
  • R. Randolfi: Alcune precisazioni sull'attività romana di Niccolò Torniol . In: Studi di Storia dell'Arte . tape 7 , 1996, pp. 347-353 .
  • S. Salort-Pons: La llegada de Niccolò Tornioli a Roma y el malogrado mecenazgo del abad Borromeo . In: Antologia di Belle Arti. Studi Romani . Nuova Series 1, No. 67-70 , 2004, pp. 9-13 .
  • AE Galli: Federico IV Borromeo: scelte artistiche tra Milano e Siena . In: Pierluigi Carofano, Franco Paliaga, Marco Ciampolini (eds.): Caravaggismo e naturalismo nella Toscana del Seicento . Atti delle Giornate di studi. Pontedera 2009, p. 295-321 .
  • S. Sperindei: L'inventario di Nicolò Tornioli. Aggiornamenti e nuovi documenti . In: Valori Tattili . 2011, p. 114-123 .

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personal data
SURNAME Niccolò Tornioli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH after 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1651
Place of death Rome