Defendente Ferrari
Defendente Ferrari(c. 1480/1485 – c. 1540) was an Italian painter active inPiedmont.His work marks the transition from late Gothic traditions toRenaissance artin the region.
Life and work
[edit]Ferrari was born atChivasso,nearTurin.Here he trained and initially worked in the workshop ofGiovanni Martino Spanzotti.Spanzotti had been the pre-eminent painter in western Piedmont after moving to Chivasso c. 1502. Many works previously thought to have been by Spanzotti are now attributed to Defendente.[1]
Defendente achieved considerable success as a painter ofpolyptychsand altarpieces.[2]He painted a number of nocturnal scenes such as theNativity in Nocturnal Light(1510,Museo Civico d'Arte Antica,Turin).[1]
He left a number of signed and dated works.[2]His work developed away from its initial harsh style following Gothic traditions towards the use of more fluid brushstrokes and the creation of soft, dense highlights more in line with Renaissance painting.[1]His style seems to indicate that he may have known the work of northern European artists such asRogier van der Weyden,while his later work shows the influence ofMacrino d'Alba.[2]
Selected works
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- Triptych (1507) in theSacra di San Michele,Piedmont
- Nativity(1511), Church of St. John,Avigliana,Piedmont
- Polyptych ofSant'Ivo,Galleria Sabauda,Turin
- Bianzè Polypthych,Museo Borgogna,Vercelli,Piedmont
- St. Jerome in Penitence,Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Turin
- The Mourning of Christ,Cathedral ofChivasso,Piedmont
- Madonna and Child,Galleria Palatina,Pitti Palace,Florence
Sources
[edit]- Romano, Giovanni (1996). "Ferrari Defendente".Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.rome. pp. 537–541.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Fantino Fabrizio,Defendente Ferrari e la critica d'arte nell'Otto e Novecento,in «Annali di critica d’arte», III, 2007, pp. 175–217.
- Fantino Fabrizio,Altare ipsum est munitum icona satis pulcra: i dipinti cinquecenteschi di Gerolamo Giovenone e di Defendente Ferrari,inLa chiesa di San Giovanni diAvigliana,a cura di Paolo Nesta, Borgone di Susa, 2011, pp. 149–177.
- Fantino Fabrizio,Il Battesimo di Cristo del duomo di Torino e un probabile disegno giovanile di Defendente Ferrari,inMosaico. Temi e metodi d'arte e di critica per Gianni Carlo Sciolla,2 vols., a cura di Rosanna Cioffi e Ornella Scognamiglio, Napoli, 2012, I, pp. 33–40.
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