Vincenzo degli Azani

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"The Flight into Egypt", from the Cappella dei Lombardi in the Church of St. Giacomo la Marina, Palermo

Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia, called "il Romano" (active in Palermo from 1519; † July 16, 1557 in Palermo) was an Italian Renaissance painter in Sicily .

Life

There are contradicting statements about its origin. While Francesco Baronio thinks he comes from Palermo, Giuseppe Cosentino claims that he was born in Pavia. In 1519 he was first recorded in Palermo. He probably received his first training in Naples . It is certain that he joined Raphael's workshop in Rome , whose artistic conception he internalized and represented in his large altarpieces throughout his life. He only followed the stylistic expression of Lombard masters for smaller works, such as predelles . In 1527 he returned to Palermo after a long stay in Messina , where he married in 1533. Here he created a series of high quality panel paintings that made him the most famous painter of the 16th century on the island.

Works

  • Martorana (Palermo): main altarpiece "Ascension of Christ" (1533)
  • Palazzo Abatellis , Galleria Regionale della Sicilia (Palermo): panel paintings “Adoration of the Magi” (1542), “Offering in the Temple”, “Annunciation”, “Birth of Christ”, “Flight into Egypt”, “Lamentation of Christ” and “Madonna, Child and saint "
  • Palazzo Abatellis, Galeria Regionale della Sicilia (Palermo): panel paintings "Descent from the Cross with Entombment" (1533) and "Ascent of the Souls, with Mary, Baby Jesus and God the Father"
  • Museo Diocesano di Palermo : panel paintings “The Hermit S. Cono with 20 scenes from his legend” (1536) from the church of S. Maria di Portosalvo and “Sant'Antonio Abate with 20 scenes from his legend” (1550) from the church S . Maria Valverde (both Palermo)
  • San Domenico (Palermo): panel paintings "The Birth of Christ" (16th century) and "Madonna della Rosaria and Saints" (1540)
  • Santa Maria degli Angeli (Palermo): panel "Marriage of Mary"
  • Oratorio di Santa Caterina (Palermo): panel "Madonna and Child"
  • Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool): panel paintings “Madonna and Child in Glory” and “S. Catherine of Alexandria "

literature

  • Vincenzo Abbate, V. Scudieri, Teresa Viscuso (eds.): Monumenti del Cinquecento Meridionale. Restauri e recuperi. Soprintendenza per i beni artistici e storici della Sicilia occidentale, Palermo 1985.
  • Anna Barricelli: La Pittura in Sicilia dalle fine del Quattrocento alla Controriforma. In: Storia dell'arte in Sicilia. Volume 2. Le edizioni del sole, Palermo 1984, pp. 1-72.
  • Teresa Pugliatti: Pittura del Cinquecento in Sicilia. La Sicilia Occidentale. Volume 1: 1484-1557. Electa, Napoli 1998, ISBN 88-435-8753-6 .
  • Teresa Viscuso (ed.): Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia e la cultura figurativa in Sicilia nell'età di Carlo V. Ediprint, Syrakus 1999.
  • Vincenzo degli Azani . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 383-385 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Francesco Baronio: De Majestate Panormitana Libri IV. Alphons de Isola, Leiden 1630, p. 199.
  2. ^ Giuseppe Cosentino: Nuovi documenti sul celebre pittore Vincenzo degli Azani da Pavia detto il Romano. In: Archivia storico sicilia. NS Volume 37, 1912, ISSN  1120-0715 , pp. 227-254, 486-525.

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personal data
SURNAME Azani, Vincenzo degli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Renaissance painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1519
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1557
Place of death Palermo