Giovanni Biliverti
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Giovanni Biliverti(surname also written asBiliveltandBilivertor other variants; 25 August 1585 – 16 July 1644) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerismand early-Baroqueperiod, active mainly in his adoptive city of Florence, as well asRome.
Life and work
[edit]He was born inMaastricht.[1]His father,Jacques Bylivelt(born Jacob Janszoon Bijlevelt; also known as Giacomo Giovanni Biliverti), was a painter andgoldsmithfromDelft,who went to Florence, where he worked forFerdinando I de' Medici.
Biliverti began as an apprentice in the workshops ofAlessandro Casolani,inSiena.After his father's death in 1603, he worked in the studios ofLodovico Cardi(known as "Cigoli" ), in Rome, from 1604 until 1607. During that time, they worked on commissions fromPope Clement VIII.In 1609, he joined theAccademia delle Arti del Disegno,which was sponsored by the Medicis.
In 1611, he created his first independent work, a martyrdom ofSaint Callistusfor theBenedictines.He was employed byCosimo II de' Medicifrom 1611 until 1621, as a designer for theinlaytechnique known as "pietra dura".
HisGratefulTobiasandChastity of Joseph(c. 1618) may be found in the Palatine Gallery of thePalazzo Pitti.In 1621, he painted a portrayal ofSaint Helenadiscovering the Holy Cross, for theBasilica of Santa Croce.HisHagarin the Desertis displayed in theHermitage Museum.HisChrist and theSamaritanWomanis at theBelvedere.
Late in life, he became blind.[2]He died in Florence in 1644. His students includedCecco Bravo,Agostino Melissi,Baccio del Bianco,Giovanni Maria MorandiandOrazio Fidani.
References
[edit]- ^Bénézit, Emmanuel (2006).Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 2 Bedeschini – Bülow.Paris: Gründ. p. 478.ISBN9782700030723.
- ^Stefano Ticozzi,Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni etá e d'ogni nazione,Vol.1 (1830), p. 101, Gaetano Schiepatti, Milan
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.).Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical.Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 128.
Further reading
[edit]- Hans Geisenheimer, "Biliverti, Giovanni (auch „Bilivelti “und „Birivelti “, Giovanni-Antonio)",Thieme-Becker,Vol. 4, p. 28
- Goffredo Hoogewerff: "Bilivert, Giovanni", In:Dizionario biografico degli italiani,Vol. 10, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, 1968 (Online @ Treccani).
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