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Giovanni di Francesco del Cervelliera or Giovanni di Francesco (1412 – September 28, 1459) was an
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, active in
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in the mid-fifteenth century.


Biography

Giovanni di Francesco was born in Florence. A land registry document of 1435 in which Giovanni gave his age as 23 provides the evidence for his birthdate. Giovanni was the nephew of Giuliano di Jacopo Lorino and the cousin of Jacopo di Antonio, both painters.Rizzo, A. (2003). "Giovanni di Francesco (i)". ''Grove Art Online''. Retrieved January 13, 2018. According to Vasari, the two cousins were pupils to
Andrea del Castagno Andrea del Castagno () or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (; – 19 August 1457) was an Italian painter from Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia in Florence and the pain ...
, but Anna Padoa Rizzo says "this should be discounted as Castagno was ten years younger than Giovanni di Francesco". In 1450 Giovanni di Francesco accused
Fra Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi ( – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (15th century) and a Carmelite Priest. Biography Lippi was born in Florence in 1406 to Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. He was orph ...
of failure to pay him for his collaborative work in the restoration of a painting of Giotto. The two worked together again in 1455. In 1440, Giovanni di Francesco finished painting ''Madonna and Child with Saint Brigdet and Saint Michael'' (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles) for the Brigittine Convento near Florence, using the technique of tempera on panel. Around 1450, Giovanni finished ''Madonna and Child with Angels'', also in tempera on panel. The original location of the painting is unknown, but it is now housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. Between 1455 and 1459, Giovanni painted ''Nativity and Adoration of the Magi'' as a predella, or part of a predella, of an unidentified altarpiece. It is now housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Giovanni di Francesco del Cervelliera died on September 28, 1459, and was buried in the church of San Ambrogio.


Artistic style

Giovanni di Francesco worked primarily with tempera on panel to create his paintings, panels, triptychs and altarpieces. His early works show an interest in perspective, clarity of outline, and strongly characterized facial expressions that reveal the influence of
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. The influence of Fra Lippo Lippi's work is evident in ''Adoration of the Magi'' and ''SS James and Anthony Abbot Blessing a Donor''. Giovanni's style was also influenced by
Domenico Veneziano Domenico Veneziano (c. 1410 – May 15, 1461) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active mostly in Perugia and Tuscany. Little is known of his birth, though he is thought to have been born in Venice, hence his last name. He then moved ...
and, to some extent, by
Piero della Francesca Piero della Francesca (, also , ; – 12 October 1492), originally named Piero di Benedetto, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. To contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca i ...
. His later works, such as the ''Carrand Triptych'', show less of a classicizing tendency, and suggest the influence of Castagno.


Carrand Triptych

In the centuries after his death, the artistic identity of Giovanni di Francesco was nearly forgotten. The ''Carrand Triptych'' (formerly in the Carrand collection; now in the
Bargello The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People), was a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy. Terminology The word ''bargello'' appears ...
, Florence), representing the ''Virgin and Child with SS Francis, John the Baptist, Nicholas and Peter'', was a key work in his modern rediscovery. The triptych, and a number of works evidently by the same hand, were attributed to an artist known only as the Master of the Carrand Triptych until 1917, when Pietro Toesca identified the Master of the Carrand Triptych as Giovanni di Francesco, on the evidence of a document concerning payment for a fresco in the church of the
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in Florence.


Selected works

*''Carrand Triptych'' - Museo nazionale del Bargello *''Nativity and Adoration of the Magi'' -
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*''Madonna and Child with Angels'' -
Galleria degli Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...
*''Madonna and Child with Saint Bridget and Saint Michael'' -
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*''Pratovecchio Altarpiece'' (disputed) * ''The hunt'' Musée des Augustins de Toulouse center, upright 5, ''La chasse'' Musée des Augustins de Toulouse


Notes


References

*Il Libro di Antonio Billi 481-1530 the Anonimo Magliabechiano 537-42 the Lives ... of Vasari 568 Bellosi, 1990, p. 56 *"Giovanni" by Francesco di Giovanni del Cervelliera in "Dizinario biografico" *R. Longhi: ''Il Maestro di Pratovecchio''. In: Paragone, 35 (1952) pp. 28–29 *B. Fredericksen: ''Giovanni di Francesco and the Master of Pratovecchio''. Malibu 1974 {{DEFAULTSORT:Francesco, Giovanni di 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence 1458 deaths Year of birth uncertain 1412 births