Puccio Capanna
Puccio Capanna , an Italian painter of the first half of the 14th century, worked mainly in Assisi , Umbria , Italy between 1341 and 1347.
Vasari describes him as one of Giotto's most docile students and writes that the citizens of Assisi considered him a fellow citizen because he painted in the lower church of the Basilica of San Francesco for so long .
A document from 1341 attests to the existence of a painter named Puccio di Capanna : a Puccius Cappanej et Cecce Saraceni, pictores de Assisio , were commissioned to paint frescoes with the Virgin Mary with Child Jesus ( maesta ) and saints in Assisi's churches ( Porta Bonaematris (was lost ) and the Porta Sancti Ruphini (portal of the Cathedral of San Rufino )).
Puccio Capanna in Assisi is also mentioned again in 1347: sold an ox to the Sacro Convento (Cenci, 1974).
Meanwhile, many of the works attributed to him by Fra 'Ludovico da Pietrelunga (16th century) and Vasari no longer exist.
literature
- SAUR General Artist Lexicon (The visual artists of all times and peoples), Volume 16 (Campagne-Cartellier), KGSaur, Munich, Leipzig, 1997. pp. 225–227.
- C. Cenci. Documentazione di vita assisana 1300-1530 . (Spicilegium Bonaventurianum, X-XII), Grottaferrata 1974-1976, vol. I. (Italian), p. 85.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capanna, Puccio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Capanna, Puccio di |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |