Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (1492 – 17 July 1544) was an Italian painter of the

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, active mainly in

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Life and Work

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in his ''

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'', the main source for Sogliani's biography, claimed that the painter had apprenticed with

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for two decades. While this length of time is impossible, Sogliani is documented as Credi's pupil for at least part of the 1510s and he was the executor of Lorenzo's will in 1531. Sogliani's earliest works, such as the tondo of the ''Madonna and Child with Two Angles'' at the Pinacoteca Capitolina in Rome, are stylistically very close to Lorenzo's. Sogliani later entered some sort of partnership with

Fra Bartolomeo Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo (, , ; 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517), also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo, Bartolommeo di S. Marco, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta, was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. ...

's workshop at San Marco, monogramming his ''Annunciation'' at Santa Maria degli Innocenti, Florence, with Fra Bartolomeo and Albertinelli's workshop monogram "orate pro pictor" ("pray for the painter"). On his own, Sogliani completed, among other works, the ''Martyrdom of Saint Acacius'' (1521) for San Salvatore di Camaldoli (now in the

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) and the fresco of the ''Miraculous Meal of Saint Dominic'' (1536) in the refectory of the convent of

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. Other important works include a panel of ''Saint Martin'' for a pillar at

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and the altarpiece of ''Saint Bridget of Sweden Confirming her Rule'' (1522) for the convent of Santa Brigida al Paradiso, now at the

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. Outside of Florence Sogliani painted two panels, a ''Last Supper'' (1531) and ''Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet'' (1531), for the collegiate church in

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. He later painted several panels for the

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, where he finished commissions originally awarded to Andrea del Sarto and

Perino del Vaga Perino (or Perin) del Vaga (nickname of Piero Bonaccorsi) (1501 – October 19, 1547) was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the Late Renaissance/ Mannerism. Biography Perino was born near Florence. His father ruined himself by gambling, a ...

. The latter included three canvases for the ''Sacrifice of Abel'', ''Sacrifice of Cain'', and ''Sacrifice of Noah,'' completed by 15 May 1533 and ''in situ'' in the cathedral's apse. On 23 March 1536, he was commissioned the altarpiece of the ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' originally awarded to Andrea del Sarto.''Sogliani and Perino del Vaga at Pisa''; Popham, A.E. Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (1945) Page 85. One of Sogliani's most famous works is the ''Allegory of the Immaculate Conception'' at the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence. His pupils included Sigismondo Foschi and Zanobi Poggini.

Sources

* Bencistà, Lucia. "Giovanni Antonio Sogliani tra le botteghe di San Marco e Gualfonda. Novità e precisazioni," in ''Fra Bartolomeo 1517'', edited by Alessio Assonitis, Luciano Cinelli and Marilena Tamassia, pp. 181–194. Florence 2019. * Nesi, Alessandro. "Due affreschi di Giovanni Antonio Sogliani nell’ex-Monastero di San Giuliano a Firenze", ''Arte cristiana'', vol. CI, no. 876 (May–June 2013): pp. 175–182. * Venturini, Lucia. "Una precisazione per Giovanni Antonio Sogliani e qualche nota sull’antico arredo della Compagnia del 'Raffa',” ''Arte, musica, spettacolo'', vol. 1 (2000): pp. 237–244.

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Grove Encyclopedia of Art
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sogliani, Giovanni Antonio 1492 births 1544 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Renaissance painters