Stefano da Verona

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Adoration of the Magi , 1435, tempera on wood, 72 × 47 cm

Stefano da Verona (* 1374 in Zevio , † around 1450 in Verona ; also Stefano di Giovanni , Stefano da Zevio ) was an Italian painter .

Life

The painter has been identified by historians as "Stefano di Francia" and was probably the son of Jean d'Arbois (Iohannes de Herbosio from France). Giorgio Vasari called him Stefano da Verona and in some documents he is called Stefano di Giovanni. Stefano da Verona was married to Tarsia, a daughter of Antoniazzo da Verona, since September 18, 1399, according to a dowry contract from that year. The dowry was 300 gold ducats. There is also a will from the Tarsia da Verona. The couple had two daughters, Catalina and Zuanita, in 1425 and lived in the Isolo district of Verona. There he is referred to as a painter and the son of the late Johannis de Herbosio. Da Verona was active in Verona from 1425 to 1438 and made several frescoes. His works also include a painting of the crucifixion of Jesus that is in the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . He was one of the first to paint in an elegant, decorative and poetic way in the International Gothic style. His Madonna, in an enclosed garden in Verona, is surrounded by an unreal atmosphere. The painting “Adoration of the Magi” (1435) is one of his most important works and is located in Milan .

It could not be clarified whether he was born in Paris, Padua or Verona, Evelyn Karet is of the opinion that the assumption that he was born near Verona is based on an error or mistake by Vasaris, who may have identified the place of birth with the of the Altichiero da Zevio , which he reported in the same chapter. According to her, no references to Zevio's place of birth can be found, neither in documents nor in the artist's signature.

literature

  • Bartolomeo Dal Pozzo: Stefano da Zevio . In: Le vite de 'pittori, degli scultori, et architetti veronesi raccolte da varj autori stampati, e manuscritti, e da altre particolari memorie. … Giouanni Berno, Verona 1718, p. 11–13 (Italian, books.google.de ).
  • Bernhard Degenhart: Stefano di Giovanni da Verona . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 526-530 .
  • Giovanna Fruet: Stefano da Verona e Stefano di Francia . In: Civiltà Mantovana . tape 25 , no. 5 , 1971, OCLC 1006055690 , pp. 101-115 (Italian).
  • Evelyn Karet: Stefano da Verona, Felice Feliciano and the First Renaissance Collection of Drawings . In: Arte Lombarda . tape 124 , no. 3 , 1998, ISSN  0004-3443 , pp. 31-51 , JSTOR : 43133112 (English).
  • Evelyn Karet: The Drawings of Stefano Da Verona and His Circle and the Origins of Collecting in Italy: A Catalog Raisonné . American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 2002, ISBN 0-87169-244-9 (English, books.google.de ).
  • Esther Moench: Stefano (di Giovanni) da Verona [Stefano da Francia; Stefano da Zevio] . In: Colum P. Hourihane (Ed.): The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . tape 6 : Stave to Zyvele. Oxford University Press, New York 2012, pp. 5 , doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.T081177 (English, books.google.de - reading sample).

Web links

Commons : Stefano da Verona  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Filippo de Boni: Stefano da Verona . In: Biografia degli artisti . tape 1 . Tipi del Gondoliere, 1840, p. 978 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ Evelyn Karet: A New Document Relating to Stefano da Verona: Tarsia's Testament of 1458 . In: Arte Lombarda . tape 137 , no. 1 , 2003, ISSN  0004-3443 , p. 59-61 , JSTOR : 43132518 .
  3. ↑ The Crucifixion, approx. 1400 - Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia). metmuseum.org, accessed August 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Evelyn Karet: The Drawings of Stefano Da Verona and His Circle and the Origins of Collecting in Italy: A catalog raisonné . American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 2002, ISBN 0-87169-244-9 , pp. 13 (English, books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Stefano da Verona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stefano di Giovanni; Stefano da Zevio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1374
PLACE OF BIRTH Zevio
DATE OF DEATH around 1450
Place of death Verona