Ugolino di Nerio

Ugolino di Nerio (also called Ugolino da Siena , * approx. 1280 , probably in Siena ; † approx. 1349 ) was an Italian painter who painted in the style of the Siena School .

Life

He probably learned his craft with Segna di Bonaventura from Duccio di Buoninsegna , who died in Siena in 1319. Di Nerio himself is considered to be active as a painter from 1315 to 1327, although he was already an independent master in 1315. The first (still existing) written mention of his person comes from the year 1317. For a long time he was equated with a Ugolino di Nerio mentioned around 1324/1325 , until the Italian art historian Gaetano Milanesi (born September 9, 1813 in Siena; † 11. March 1895 ibid) clarified the origin. This is later confirmed by his pupil P. Bacci and additionally documented by two further documents from the years 1324/1325 and 1327. Here he is mentioned as the son of Nerio or Rainerio, who apparently was a painter himself and also taught his son Ugolino and had two other sons, Guido and Muccio or Monuccio. The first is listed in Florentine documents in 1327 as a pharmacist and doctor, the second appears in Senese documents 1319, 1333 and 1342 (as deceased).

Artistic creation

Cucifix (Croce dipinto) , painted cross in the Basilica di San Clemente church in Santa Maria dei Servi in Siena

Structure of the altarpiece in Santa Croce

Detail of the predella of the altarpiece in Santa Croce ( Passion )

Detail of the predella of the altarpiece in Santa Croce (Passion)

Chiesa di Santa Maria a Bagnano ( Certaldo ): Trittico della Madonna con Bambino, san Pietro e san Romolo

One of his first works as an independent artist was created in Florence in the Palazzo Pitti in 1315 under the name Madonna Contini Bonaccossi . His main works included the pictures in the churches of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella in Florence. The altarpiece of Santa Croce is his only signed work, which he signed with UGOLINUS DE SENIS ME PINXIT around 1325 . The original signature was lost in 1566 when Giorgio Vasari replaced the work with his own, but he recorded the dedication. Due to the redesign, parts of the work were lost, others can now be found in various art collections around the world. These include the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin , which owns the parts of San Paolo , San Giovanni Battista , San Pietro , San Simone e san Giuda Taddeo e San Bartolomeo e sant'Andrea , Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro and Flagellazione . The National Gallery in London owns eleven pieces of the work, including Bacio di Giuda , David e Mosè , Deposizione dalla croce , Profeta Isaia , Resurrezione di Cristo and Salita al Calvario . The predella of the work represents the Passion of Christ. Further parts are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia ( Profeta Daniele ) and in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art ( Ultima Cena ). Parts of his work in the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence are now in the Muzeum Narodowe in Posen ( San Giovanni Battista ) and in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles ( Sant'Andrea ).

Other works (selection)

Boston , Museum of Fine Arts :
- Madonna col bambino (created around 1325/1330)
- Maria Maddalena ( Polittico , originated in 1320)
Cambridge , Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University : San Giovanni Battista tra una monaca e un monaco (panel, inv. 21.8)
Castelfiorentino , Museo di Santa Verdiana in the Santuario di Santa Verdiana: Santa Verdiana (155 cm × 66 cm)
Certaldo , Chiesa di Santa Maria a Bagnano: Trittico della Madonna con Bambino, San Pietro e San Romolo (is now in the Museo d'Arte Sacra in Certaldo, created around 1315/1320)
Champaign , Krannert Art Museum : Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Chicago , Art Institute of Chicago : Madonna col Bambino in trono e santi
Cleveland , Cleveland Museum of Art : Polittico della Madonna con Bambino, san Francesco d'Assisi, san Giovanni Battista, san Giacomo Maggiore, santa Maria Maddalena, san Bartolomeo, san Paolo, Crocifissione di Cristo, san Pietro, san Giovanni Evangelista
Dublin , National Gallery: Isaia (panel, 39 cm × 25 cm, inv. 1112)
Florence, Uffizi Gallery , Collezione Contini Bonacossi: Trittico della Madonna col Bambino ei santi Pietro e Paolo (150 cm × 146 cm, made between 1320 and 1325, comes from the Pieve di San Giovanni Battista in San Giovanni d'Asso )
Gaiole in Chianti , Castello di Brolio, Collezione Ricasoli: Polittico della Madonna con Bambino, san Pietro, san Paolo, san Giovanni Battista, san Giovanni Evangelista
Montepulciano , Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi: Madonna col bambino
New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art , Robert Lehman Collection: Madonna col bambino
Paris , Louvre : Madonna col bambino
Princeton , Princeton University Art Museum: Madonna col bambino
San Casciano in Val di Pesa , Museo di Santa Maria sul Prato (Chiesa della Misericordia):
- Madonna col Bambino
- San Pietro e San Francesco d'Assisi (Polittico)
San Francisco , Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Santa Maria Maddalena (panel, inv. 1952.37)
Siena, Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi : Cucifix (Croce dipinto, German painted cross)
Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena , rooms 3 and 4:
- Crocifissione con San Francesco, Crocifissione di Cristo (68 cm × 45 cm)
- Madonna Addolorata
- Madonna col bambino e santi (139 cm × 242 cm)
- Polittico della Madonna con Bambino e Santi (139 cm × 242 cm)
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa , Museo di arte sacra: Trittico con la Madonna con Bambino tra i santi Pietro e Giovanni Evangelista (triptych, 109 cm × 119 cm)
Williamstown , Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute : Polittico della Madonna con Bambino ei santi Francesco d'Assisi, Andrea, Paolo, Pietro, Stefano, Ludovico di Tolosa, Cristo Redentore benedicente e profeti

literature

Giorgio Vasari : Ugolino. In: Le vite de 'più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori italiani, da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri. 1550 ( full text Wikisource).
Ugolino di Nerio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 542 .
La piccola Treccani. Volume 12: Termoe-Z. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1997, p. 479.
Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. Edizioni Bonechi, Florence 2004, ISBN 88-7204-456-1 .

Web links

Commons : Ugolino di Nerio - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ugolino da Siena Enciclopedia on line (Italian)
G. Neri: Ugolino di Nerio Enciclopedia dell 'Arte Medievale 2000 (Italian)
Fondazione Zeri List of works by Ugolino di Nerio from the Fondazione Zeri of the University of Bologna
Biography of Ugolino di Nerio ( Memento from May 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) at Chiantimusei (English)
Ugolino di Nerio - documented 1317-27; died possibly 1329 nationalgallery.org.uk

Individual evidence

^ Maria Giovanna Sarti: Milanesi, Gaetano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Volume 74: Messi – Miraglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2010 ( treccani.it ).
^ Virgin and Child, Ugolino di Nerio Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, accessed April 15, 2011.
^ Saint Mary Magdalen, Ugolino di Nerio Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, accessed April 15, 2011.
^ Saint John the Baptist and Two Franciscans Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, accessed April 16, 2011.
↑ Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Pietro e Romolo ( Memento of November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Website Piccoli Grandi Musei, accessed on April 17, 2011.
↑ Saint Catherine of Alexandria Krannert Art Museum, accessed May 24, 2020.
↑ Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, Paul, John the Baptist, and Dominic and a Dominican Supplicant Art Institute of Chicago, accessed May 24, 2020.
↑ Virgin and Child with Saints Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, accessed May 24, 2020.
↑ The Prophet Isaiah National Gallery of Ireland, accessed May 24, 2020.
^ Official website of the Uffizi , accessed on April 17, 2011 (no image).
^ Enrico Bosi, Giovanna Magi: I castelli del Chianti. Bonechi Editrice, Florence 1979, ISBN 88-7009-000-0 , p. 128.
^ Madonna and Child Met Museum, accessed April 15, 2011.
↑ La Vierge et l'Enfant Louvre, accessed April 15, 2011.
↑ Museo di Santa Maria sul Prato (della Misericordia) ( Memento of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Chiantimusei for the Museum in San Casciano, accessed on April 16, 2011.
↑ Madonna and Child between Sts. Peter and John ( Memento of May 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Chiantimusei, accessed on April 16, 2011.
↑ Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, Andrew, Paul, Peter, Stephen, and Louis of Toulouse Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, accessed May 24, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Nerio, Ugolino di
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ugolino da Siena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1280
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siena
DATE OF DEATH	around 1349

[1] Maria Giovanna Sarti: Milanesi, Gaetano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Volume 74: Messi – Miraglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2010 ( treccani.it ).

[2] Virgin and Child, Ugolino di Nerio Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, accessed April 15, 2011.

[3] Saint Mary Magdalen, Ugolino di Nerio Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, accessed April 15, 2011.

[4] Saint John the Baptist and Two Franciscans Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, accessed April 16, 2011.

[5] Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Pietro e Romolo ( Memento of November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Website Piccoli Grandi Musei, accessed on April 17, 2011.

[6] Saint Catherine of Alexandria Krannert Art Museum, accessed May 24, 2020.

[7] Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, Paul, John the Baptist, and Dominic and a Dominican Supplicant Art Institute of Chicago, accessed May 24, 2020.

[8] Virgin and Child with Saints Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, accessed May 24, 2020.

[9] The Prophet Isaiah National Gallery of Ireland, accessed May 24, 2020.

[10] Official website of the Uffizi , accessed on April 17, 2011 (no image).

[11] Enrico Bosi, Giovanna Magi: I castelli del Chianti. Bonechi Editrice, Florence 1979, ISBN 88-7009-000-0 , p. 128.

[12] Madonna and Child Met Museum, accessed April 15, 2011.

[13] La Vierge et l'Enfant Louvre, accessed April 15, 2011.

[14] Museo di Santa Maria sul Prato (della Misericordia) ( Memento of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Chiantimusei for the Museum in San Casciano, accessed on April 16, 2011.

[15] Madonna and Child between Sts. Peter and John ( Memento of May 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Chiantimusei, accessed on April 16, 2011.

[16] Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, Andrew, Paul, Peter, Stephen, and Louis of Toulouse Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, accessed May 24, 2020.