Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10): Bastiano to Taddeo ZuccheroVasari, Giorgio
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Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 08 (of 10): Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero
Vasari, Giorgio
Art, Italian; Artists -- Italy -- Biography
For S. Domenico, in the same city, he painted two altar-pieces in oils;
in one is the Miracle of the Cross and S. Helen, and in the other is S.
Peter Martyr with a good number of very beautiful figures, wherein it is
evident that Benvenuto departed considerably from his first manner,
making it bolder and less laboured. For the Nuns of S. Salvestro he
painted an altar-picture of Christ praying to His Father on the Mount,
while the three Apostles are lower down, sleeping. For the Nuns of S.
Gabriello he executed an Annunciation, and for those of S. Antonio, in
the altar-piece of their high-altar, the Resurrection of Christ. For the
high-altar of the Frati Ingesuati, in the Church of S. Girolamo, he
painted Jesus Christ in the Manger, with a choir of Angels on a cloud,
held to be very beautiful. In S. Maria del Vado, in an altar-piece by
the same hand, very well conceived and coloured, is Christ ascending
into Heaven, with the Apostles standing in contemplation of Him. For the
Church of S. Giorgio, a seat of the Monks of Monte Oliveto, without the
city, he painted an altar-piece in oils of the Magi adoring Christ and
offering to Him myrrh, incense, and gold; and this is one of the best
works that Benvenuto ever executed in all his life.
All these works much pleased the people of Ferrara, by reason of which
he executed pictures almost without number for their houses, and many
others for monasteries and for the townships and villas round about the
city; and, among others, he painted the Resurrection of Christ in an
altar-piece for Bondeno. And, finally, he executed in fresco with
beautiful and fantastic invention, in the Refectory of S. Andrea, many
figures that are bringing the Old Testament into accord with the New.
But, since the works of this master are numberless, let it be enough to
have spoken of those that are the best.
Girolamo da Carpi having received his first instructions in painting
from Benvenuto, as will be related in his Life, they painted in company
the facade of the house of the Muzzarelli, in the Borgo Nuovo, partly in
chiaroscuro and partly in colours, with some things done in imitation of
bronze. They painted together, likewise, both within and without, the
Palace of Coppara, a place of recreation belonging to the Duke of
Ferrara; for which lord Benvenuto executed many other works, both by
himself and in company with other painters.
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