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Guidoccio Cozzarelli (1450–1517) was an Italian
''Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools''
a collection catalog containing information about Cozzarelli and his works (see index; plate 71). 1450 births 1517 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Siena {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub
Guidoccio Cozzarelli (1450–1517) was an Italian Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
painter and miniaturist.
Cozzarelli was born in Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, and was a student and collaborator of Matteo di Giovanni
Matteo di Giovanni (c. 1430 – 1495) was an Italian Renaissance artist from the Sienese School.
Biography
Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo was born in Borgo Sansepolcro around 1430. His family relocated to Siena and he is firmly associated with ...
, with whom it is sometimes possible to confuse him due to their similar styles, and has led to some difficulty in painting attributions. Compared to Matteo, Cozzarelli's style is less fine, but more adept in chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro ( , ; ), in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achi ...
and color scheme. Cozzarelli primarily painted religious-themed works for church commissions, and became more popular as a miniaturist and painter, which includes the parchment preserved in the state in Siena, and the thumbnails stored in Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and ...
(1480s). This is considered his most fertile period in which Cozzarelli produced the ''Baptism of Christ'' and the ''Madonna and Saints'' (1486) in the church of San Bernardino
San Bernardino (; Spanish language, Spanish for Bernardino of Siena, "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a ...
in Sinalunga
Sinalunga is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, in the Tuscany region of central Italy.
History
Aside from scanty prehistoric findings, the oldest historical remains date from the 8th century BC, when Sinalunga was perhaps an Etruscan ...
. He also painted ''Madonna Enthroned with St Jerome'' and the ''Blessed Colombini'' (1482). In the following years he worked for the Duomo di Pitigliano
Pitigliano is a town in the province of Grosseto, located about south-east of the city of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.
The quaint old town is known as ''the little Jerusalem'', for the historical presence of a Jewish community that has always bee ...
, the parish church of Ancaiano
Ancaiano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sovicille, province of Siena
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(1491) and the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Paganico
Paganico is a village in the province of Grosseto, in southern Tuscany, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Civitella Paganico. It lies in the valley of the Ombrone river, at 66 meters above the sea level. In 2011 it had a popu ...
, including ''Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints''. In the Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)
The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center ...
are exhibited various works of the painter, including ''San Antonio'', and ''Santa Caterina surrounded by Doctors and Pharmacists''.
References
* "Le Muse", De Agostini, Novara, 1965, Vol.III, pag.488External links
''Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools''
a collection catalog containing information about Cozzarelli and his works (see index; plate 71). 1450 births 1517 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Siena {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub