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Benedetto Brandimarte or Brandimarti (late-16th century) was an Italian painter. He is a representative of the Mannerist style, which is reflected in the extreme artificiality shown in the unnatural movement of the figures and the brilliance of the colors of his works.
In: Storia della cultura ligure. Atti della Società Ligure di Storia Patri, p. 643 It is recorded that in 1592 he was commissioned by Prince Giovanni Battista II Doria, to realize some works in the Church of San Benedetto al Porto in Genoa, including ''The beheading of St. John the Baptist''.
Benedetto Brandimarte or Brandimarti (late-16th century) was an Italian painter. He is a representative of the Mannerist style, which is reflected in the extreme artificiality shown in the unnatural movement of the figures and the brilliance of the colors of his works.
Life
Very little is known about the artist. He was likely born inLucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
the second half of the sixteenth century. Hired in 1581 by Prince Giovanni Andrea Doria
Giovanni Andrea Doria, also known as Gianandrea Doria, (1539–1606), was an Italian admiral from Genoa.
Biography
Doria was born to a noble family of the Republic of Genoa. He was the son of Giannettino Doria, of the Doria family, who died whe ...
, he began to receive a salary for his activity in Genoa from the next year. The Prince sent him to Spain and on his return commissioned various works from him for the churches supported by the Prince: in 1590 he painted a ''Nativity'' and an ''Assumption'' for the Church of Sant'Agostino in Loano and a little later the doors of the organ (now dismembered) in the Church of Saint Benedict of Fassolo.Pesenti, Franco Renzo (2005), ''La scultura e la pittura dal Duecento alla metà del Seicento''In: Storia della cultura ligure. Atti della Società Ligure di Storia Patri, p. 643 It is recorded that in 1592 he was commissioned by Prince Giovanni Battista II Doria, to realize some works in the Church of San Benedetto al Porto in Genoa, including ''The beheading of St. John the Baptist''.
Works
The Mannerist paintings of Brandimarte may have appeared quite unusual to the Genoese public, with their tense and contorted poses of the figures and iridescent colors, bordering on the luminescent. His works are ''in situ'' in several churches in Liguria including in the Church of San Pietro in Banchi in Genoa, the oratory of Santissima Annunziata in Pietra Ligure and the Church of Sant'Agostino in Loano. In Tuscany, there is work by him in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Camaiore. The Villa Altogradi inCapannori
Capannori () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany.
History
The 40 hamlets of Capannori are located on the lands that once corresponded to the eastern territories of the Republic of Lucca. Most of those h ...
, in the province of Lucca, holds his ''Martyrdom of St. Stephen''.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandimarte, Benedetto Painters from Lucca 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown