Federico Zuccari, also known as Federigo Zuccaro (c. 1542/1543 - July 20, 1609), was an Italian Mannerist painter and architect, active both in Italy and abroad. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction
Biography
Zuccari was born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino (Marche). Sant'Angelo in Vado is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 90 km Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical The Marche (plural originally from le marche de Ancona, referring to the March of Ancona) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy.
His documented career as a painter began in 1550, when he moved to Rome to work under Taddeo, his elder brother 13. Taddeo Zuccaro or Zuccari ( September 1 1529 - September 2 1566) was an Italian painter one of the most popular members of the He went on to complete decorations for Pius IV, and help complete the fresco decorations at the Villa Farnese at Caprarola. Pope Pius IV ( March 31, 1499 &ndash December 9, 1565) born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565 The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a Mansion in the town of Caprarola in the Province of Viterbo He was involved in the following fresco projects:
- Decoration of the Casina Pio IV, Rome
- Grimani Chapel, San Francesco della Vigna, Venice
- Pucci Chapel in the church of Trinità dei Monti, Rome
- San Marcello al Corso, Rome
- Cathedral of Orvieto (1570)
- Oratorio del Gonfalone, Rome (1573)
- Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (previously started by Vasari)
Zuccari was recalled to Rome by Pope Gregory XIII to continue in the Pauline chapel of the Vatican. The Casina Pio IV (or Villa Pia) is a patrician villa in Vatican City which is now home to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy San Francesco della Vigna is a Roman Catholic church in the Sestiere of Castello in Venice. Trinità dei Monti (also called Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio, Trinità del Monte, or Holy Trinity on Pincio Hill) is a famous church in Rome San Marcello al Corso is a church in Rome, devoted to Pope Marcellus I. The Duomo di Orvieto is a large 14th century Roman Catholic Cathedral situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. The Oratorio del Gonfalone or Oratory of the Banner is a building in Central Rome which once housed a Catholic fraternity The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the Cathedral church ( Duomo) of Florence, Italy. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous Pope Gregory XIII (January 7 1502 &ndash April 10 1585 born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585 Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory He visited Brussels, and there made a series of cartoons for the tapestry-weavers. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is In 1574 he passed over to England, where he received commissions to paint the portrait of Queen Elizabeth (drawing), Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir Francis Walsingham, Lord High Admiral Howard, and others. Nicholas Bacon may refer to Nicholas Bacon (courtier, (1510 – 1579 English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Sir Francis Walsingham (c 1532 – 6 April 1590) is usually remembered as the " Spymaster " of Queen Elizabeth I of England Charles Howard 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536 &ndash 14 December 1624) was an English statesman and admiral Another picture in the same collection appears to be a replica of his painting of the "Allegory of Calumny", as suggested by Lucian's description of a celebrated work by Apelles; the satire in the original painting, directed against some of his courtier enemies, was the immediate cause of Zuccari's temporary exile from Rome. Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανός ὁ Σαμοσατεύς Lucianus c
He painted a portrait of a Man with Two Dogs, in the Pitti Palace (Florence), and the Dead Christ and Angels in the Galleria Borghese (Rome). The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly Renaissance Palace in The Borghese Gallery (Italian Galleria Borghese) in Rome is an art gallery housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana, a building that was from the first In 1585, he accepted an offer by Philip II of Spain to decorate the new Escorial at a yearly salary of 2,000 crowns. Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 El Escorial is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery royal palace museum and school He worked at the palace from January 1586 to end of 1588, when he returned to Rome. His paintings (like those of El Greco before him) were disliked by Philip II and many were painted over. El Greco' ("The Greek " 1541 &ndash April 7 1614 was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance However the parting was amicable:"We must not blame him, but those who sent him to us", said Philip. [1]. He was succeeded by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Pellegrino Tibaldi, also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini ( Valsolda, 1527 &ndash Milan, 1596 was an Italian mannerist He there founded in 1595, under a charter confirmed by Pope Sixtus V, the Accademia di San Luca, of which he was the first president. Pope Sixtus V ( December 13, 1521 &ndash August 27, 1590) born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590 The Accademia di San Luca, (the "Academy of Saint Luke" was an association of artists in Rome founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the Bartolomeo Carducci is said to have studied with him. Bartolomeo Carducci (1560&ndash1608 was an Italian painter, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic
Like his contemporary Giorgio Vasari, Zuccari aimed at being an art critic and historian. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous His chief book, L'idea de' Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti (1607), was far less popular.
Zuccari was raised to the rank of cavaliere not long before his death, which took place at Ancona in 1609. There are currently five Italian orders of merit (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana that recognise contributions to the Italian Republic. Ancona (Ankon is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101909 (2005
References
- ^ Trevor-Roper, Hugh; Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 1517-1633, Thames & Hudson, London, 1976, p 69
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). in Pelican History of Art: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600, Penguin Books Ltd.
External links
- The Zuccaro Scholarship
- Getty Museum Exhibition Taddeo and Federico Zuccari: Artist Brothers in Rome
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