Benozzo Gozzoli (4 October 1497) was an Italian

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from

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. A pupil of

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, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the

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of the

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, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced

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influence. The chapel's

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cycle reveals a new

interest in nature with its realistic depiction of landscapes and vivid human portraits. Gozzoli is considered one of the most prolific fresco painters of his generation. While he was mainly active in

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, he also worked in

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.Ailsa Turner. "Gozzoli, Benozzo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 June 2016

Biography

Apprenticeship

Gozzoli was born Benozzo di Lese, son of a tailor, in the village of Sant'Ilario a Colombano around 1421. His family moved to nearby

in 1427. According to the 16th century Italian biographer

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, Gozzoli was a pupil and assistant of

in the early part of his career. Gozzoli assisted Angelico in the execution of fresco decorations in the dormitory cells of the

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in Florence. Established contributions here include ''

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'' in

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's cell and the ''

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'' in a larger depiction of the ''Resurrection of Christ'' in cell 8. Like many other Early Renaissance painters, Benozzo was initially trained as a goldsmith as well as a painter. Between 1444 and 1447, he was therefore able to collaborate with

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on the famous Gates of Paradise of the

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On 23 May 1447, Benozzo was with

, to where they were called by

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to carry out fresco decorations in a chapel in the

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. This chapel was later demolished, so nothing of these works remains. He then accompanied Angelico to

, where they decorated a chapel vault in the

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. Due to political complications in the city, they completed only two of the four vault webs and were again summoned to the Vatican, where the pair worked for

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in the

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until June 1448. Gozzoli is assumed to have made significant contributions in the chapel's frescoes. Furthermore, the attribution of a 1449 ''Madonna and Child'' ''Giving Blessings'' in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva is disputed between Gozzoli and Fra Angelico. In Rome, Gozzoli also executed a fresco of ''

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'' in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Both Fra Angelico and Lorenzo Ghiberti were to influence much of Gozzoli's work for the rest of his life. From Ghiberti he learned precision in depicting the finest details and how to illustrate a story vividly, while from Fra Angelico, he took his bright color palette, transferring it to the art of fresco painting.

In Umbria

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In 1449, Gozzoli left Angelico and moved to Umbria. In the hilltown of

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there is an ''Annunciation'' from 1450, signed OPU BENOT DE FLORENT A In the monastery of San Fortunato, near

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, Gozzoli painted a '' Madonna and Child between St. Francis and St. Bernardine of Siena'', and three other works. One of these, the altarpiece ''

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'', is now in the

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and shows the affinity of Benozzo's early style to Angelico's. In 1450, Gozzoli received his first major independent commission from the monastery of S. Francesco in Montefalco. There, he filled the choir chapel with three registers of episodes from the life of

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and various accessories, including portrait heads of

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and

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. These

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were completed in 1452, and are still marked by the style of Angelico, crossed here and there with a more distinctly Giottesque influence. In the same church, in the chapel of

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, there is a fresco by Gozzoli of the ''Virgin and Saints'', the ''

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'' and other subjects. Gozzoli probably remained at Montefalco (with an interval at

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) until 1456, employing

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as an assistant. Then, he went to

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and painted a ''Virgin and Saints'' that is now in the local academy.

Return to Florence

That same year, Benozzo returned to his native city Florence, the epicenter of ''Quattrocento'' art. Between 1459 and 1461, Gozzoli painted what may be considered his most important works, the frescoes in the

of the

. There, in his ''Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem'' and ''Angels in Adoration'', he mastered a combination of complexity and subtlety, portraying a wealthy scene that encompasses realistic depictions of nature and vivid human portraits. In his ''

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'', Gozzoli incorporated numerous portraits of his

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patrons, their allies and prominent contemporary figures. Furthermore, he also included his self-portrait in the procession, with his name written around the rim of his cap. His frescoes in the Magi Chapel brought Gozzoli a great amount of fame and ensured him of new important commissions. One of these was an altarpiece for the Confraternity of the Purification in Florence, originally housed in the Convent of San Marco. The ''Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels and Saints'' that he produced between 1461 and 1462 for this occasion now houses in the

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. This has additional references: *Vasari, Crowe and Cavalcaselle, and the other ordinary authorities, can be consulted as to the career of Gozzoli. * A separate ''Life'' of him, by H. Stokes, was published in 1903 in Newne’s Art library.

Late years in Tuscany

San Gimignano

In 1463, likely in fear of the plague, Gozzoli left Florence for

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, where he executed some extensive works. Most prominent of these is his seventeen-panel

cycle on ''The Life of

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'', covering the entire apsidal chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino. In that same church Gozzoli also completed a composition of ''St. Sebastian Protecting the City from the Plague'', in which he depicted

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fully clothed and unhurt, thereby going against iconographic canon. In 1465, at the town's heart in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Gozzoli furthermore painted a fresco of the '' Martyrdom of Sebastian''. He stayed in San Gimignano until 1467, completing some further works in the city and its vicinity.

Pisa

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In 1469, Gozzoli moved to Pisa and began working on his most extensive commission: the vast series of mural paintings in the Campo Santo edifice of

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. There, he depicted twenty-four subjects from the

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, ranging from the ''Invention of Wine by Noah'' to the ''Visit of the

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''. He was contracted to paint three subjects per year for about ten ducats each. It appears, however, that this contract was not strictly adhered to, for the actual rate of painting was only three pictures in two years. Perhaps the great multitude of figures and accessories was accepted as a set-off against the slower rate of production. By January 1470 he had executed the fresco of ''Noah and his Family'', followed by the ''Curse of Ham'', the ''Building of the

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'' (which contains portraits of

, the young Lorenzo,

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and others), the ''Destruction of Sodom'', the ''Victory of Abraham'', the ''Marriages of Rebecca and of Rachel'', the ''Life of Moses'', etc. In the Cappella Ammannati, facing a gate of the Campo Santo, he also painted an ''

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'', wherein appears a portrait of himself. All this enormous mass of work, in which Benozzo was probably assisted by

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, was performed, in addition to several other pictures during his stay in Pisa (including the ''Glory of

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'', now in the Louvre), in sixteen years, lasting up to 1485. This is the latest date which can with certainty be assigned to any work from his hand. Gozzoli died in

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in 1497, perhaps of a pestilence. In 1478, as a token of their regard, the Pisan authorities had given him a tomb in the Campo Santo. He likewise had a house of his own in Pisa, and houses and land in Florence.

Trivia

* The painters Francesco, Gerolamo, and Alesso di Benozzo were his sons and assisted him on various commissions. * The ''Master of the Small Figures'' identified by Longhi is the same painter called ''Alunno di Benozzo'' (pupil of Benozzo) by

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Major work

*''

'' (1440–1441) - Fresco,

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, Florence *''

'' (1440–1441) - Fresco,

, Florence * Gates of Paradise (1444-1447, collaboration) - Gilded bronze doors, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence * Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio (1447, collaboration) - Fresco,

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(1447-1449, collaboration) - Fresco,

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''The Virgin and Child with Angels''
(1447-1450) - Tempera on wood, 29.2 x 21.6 cm,

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* ''Madonna and Child Giving Blessings'' (1449) - Tempera on silk on a wooden mount, 254 x 130 cm, Santa Maria sopra Minerva,

*''

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'' (1450) - Panel,

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, Rome *'' Madonna and Child between St Francis and St Bernardine of Siena'' (1450) - Fresco, San Fortunato,

*''St Fortunatus Enthroned'' (1450) - Fresco, 200 x 110 cm, San Fortunato, Montefalco *''Madonna and Child'' (1450) - Fresco, 250 x 135 cm, San Fortunato, Montefalco *''

'' (1450-1452) - Tempera on panel, 133 x 164 cm,

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, Vatican City *''Madonna and Child Surrounded by Saints'' (1452) - Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''The Departure of St Jerome from Antioch'' (1452) - Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''St Jerome Pulling a Thorn from a Lion's Paw'' (1452) - Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''Madonna and Child with Sts Francis and Bernardine, and Fra Jacopo ''() - Tempera on panel, 34 x 54 cm,

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*''Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist, Peter, Jerome, and Paul'' (1456) - Tempera on panel, 122 x 212 cm,

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*'' Procession of the Magi'' (1459–1460) - Frescoes,

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, Florence *''Madonna and Child'' () - Tempera on panel, 84.8 x 50.6 cm,

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*''The Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels and Saints'' (1461-1462) - Tempera on panel, 161.9 x 170.2 cm, National Gallery, London *''St. Dominic Reuscitates Napoleone Orsini'' (1461) - Tempera on panel, 25 x 35 cm,

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*''Fall of Simon Magus'' (1461–1462) - Tempera on panel, 24 x 35,5 cm,

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, London *''The Dance of Salome'' (1461–1462) - Tempera on panel, 23.8 x 34.3 cm,

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*''Histories of St. Augustine'' (1464–1465) - Frescoes, Sant'Agostino,

*''Four Evangelists'' (1464–1465) - Fresco, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *''Saints'' (1464–1465) - Frescoes, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *'' St. Sebastian Intercessor'' (1464–1466) - Fresco, 527 x 248 cm, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *''Martyrdom of St Sebastian'' (1465) - Tempera on panel, 525 x 378 cm,

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, San Gimignano *''

Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine (or "Mystic") covers two different subjects in Christian art arising from visions received by either Catherine of Alexandria or Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), in which these virgin saints went through a ...

'' (1466) - Tempera on panel, 90 x 50 cm, Palazzo Gazzoli, Pinacoteca Comunale,

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

*''Madonna and Child between Sts. Andrew and Prosper'' (''

Madonna dell'Umiltà Madonna of humility refers to artistic portrayals of the Virgin Mary which depict her sitting on the ground, or upon a low cushion. She may be holding the Christ Child in her lap. The term Virgin of humility is also used to refer to this style of ...

''; 1466) - Tempera on panel, 137 x 138 cm, Museo Civico, San Gimignano *''Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas'' (1471) - Tempera on panel, 230 x 102 cm,

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

*''The Vintage and Drunkenness of Noah'' (1469–1484) - Fresco, Campo Santo,

*''Histories of the Holy Virgin ''(1484) - Transferred frescoes, Biblioteca Comunale,

Castelfiorentino Castelfiorentino is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central-northern Italy, halfway between Florence (distance 30 km), Pisa (45 km) and Siena (55 km). The population is approximate ...

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Deposition of Christ The Descent from the Cross ( el, Ἀποκαθήλωσις, ''Apokathelosis''), or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after hi ...

'' (1491) -Also called ''Descent from the Cross''. Oil on canvas, 180 x 300 cm,

Museo Horne The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi, on via de' Benci number 6 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. History of the Palazzo Corsi-Horne Buildings at the site were ...

, Florence

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References

Dale Kent Dale Vivienne Kent (born 1942) is an Australian historian who specialises in the Italian Renaissance. Born Dale Vivienne Butler in 1942, Kent was brought up in a Christian Science family in Melbourne, Victoria. She graduated from the Univers ...

, ''Cosimo de' Medici and the Florentine Renaissance'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000). *

Franco Cardini Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when ref ...

, ''The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici'' (Firenze: Mandragora, 2001). *

Roger J. Crum Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

, "Roberto Martelli, the

Council of Florence The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. It was convoked as the Council of Basel by Pope Martin V shortly before his death in February 1431 and took place in ...

, and the Medici Palace Chapel", ''Zeitschrift & Kunstgeschichte'', 59 (1996). * Benozzo Gozzoli a San Gimignano, a cura di Gerardo de Simone, Cristina Borgioli, exhib. catal. (San Gimignano, Pinacoteca & Museo d’Arte Sacra, 18 June-1 November 2016), Firenze, Giunti, 2016

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Life of St. Augustine Frescoes with Narrative ExplanationBenozzo Gozzoli Museum
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gozzoli, Benozzo 1420s births 1497 deaths People from Scandicci Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Florence Quattrocento painters Italian male painters 15th-century people of the Republic of Florence 15th-century Italian painters Catholic painters Date of birth unknown