Andrea Solari (also Solario) (1460–1524) was an Italian

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painter of the Milanese school. He was initially named ''Andre del Gobbo'', but more confusingly as ''Andrea del Bartolo'' a name shared with two other Italian painters, the 14th-century Siennese

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, and the 15th-century Florentine

. His paintings can be seen in

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and the

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(

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, France). One of his better-known paintings is the '' Madonna with the Green Cushion'' (c. 1507) in the Louvre.

History

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Solario was born in Milan. He was one of the most important followers of

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, and brother of Cristoforo Solari, who gave him his first training whilst employed extensively on work at the Milan cathedral, and at the

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. In 1490 he accompanied his brother to

, where he seems to have been strongly influenced by

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, who was then active in the city. The fine portrait of a Venetian Senator (currently at the

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) displays Antonello's plastic conception of form and was probably painted about 1492. The two brothers returned to Milan in 1493. The '' Ecce Homo'' at the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum, notable for its strong modelling, may have been painted soon after his arrival. Solari's earliest dated work is a ''Holy Family and St. Jerome'' (at the

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), with a fine landscape background, executed at Murano in 1495. It was the original work that influenced Correggio's painting,

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in 1515. The Leonardesque type of the Madonna proves that Andrea after his return from Venice, became strongly influenced by the great Florentine artist, who was then carrying everything before him. To this period of Andrea belong a small ''Crucifixion'' (1503, at the Louvre) and the portrait of Charles d'Amboise (Louvre); the portrait of Giovanni Longoni (1505, National Gallery of London); the ''Annunciation'' (1506,

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); and the beautiful '' Madonna with the Green Cushion'' (Louvre), for which a sensitive drawing of the Virgin's head is in the

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at Milan; and the ''Head of the Baptist in a silver charger'' (1507, Louvre). In 1507 Andrea Solari went to France with letters of introduction to the Cardinal of

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, and was employed for two years on frescoes in the chapel of his castle of

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in Normandy. According to

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's suggestion, the artist may have visited

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before returning to his native country, and this may account for the Flemish character of his later work. The artist was back in Italy in 1515, the date of the ''Flight into Egypt'' ( Poldi-Pezzoli Collection) with its harmonious and detailed landscape background. To this period belong the ''Procession to Calvary'' (

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); the portrait of the Chancellor Domenico Morone (Palazzo Scotti, Milan); and the ''Woman playing a guitar'' (at the National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome). Andrea's last work was an altarpiece representing ''The Assumption of the Virgin'' for the

, left unfinished at his death and completed by Bernardino Campi about 1576.

Works

* ''Portrait of a Young Man'', c. 1490, oil on panel, 31x28 cm,

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* ''Madonna with Child'', c. 1495, oil on panel, 30,5x27 cm,

, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum * ''Man with a Pink Carnation'', c. 1495, oil on panel, 50x39 cm,

* ''Christ carrying the cross'', 1495–1500, oil on panel, 34x26 cm,

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* ''Portrait of a Man'', c. 1500, oil on panel, 42x32 cm, Milan,

* ''Christ crowned with thorns'', 1500–1505, oil on panel, 39x31 cm, Bergamo,

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* ''Head of a Bearded Man'', 1500–1510, black, red, and yellow chalk on brownish paper, New York,

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* ''Portrait of Giovanni Cristoforo Longoni'', 1505, oil on panel, 79x60,5 cm, National Gallery of London * ''Ecce Homo'', 1505–1506, oil on panel, 43x33 cm, Milan, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum * ''Ecce Homo'', 1506-1507, oil on panel, 43x34 cm, Belgrade,

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* ''Lamentation over the Dead Christ'', c. 1505-1507, oil on panel, 168x152 cm,

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, National Gallery of Art * ''Ecce Homo'', 1505–1507, oil on panel, 57x44 cm,

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, Ashmolean Museum * ''Portrait of Charles d'Amboise'', c. 1507, oil on panel, 75x52 cm,

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* ''The Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger'', 1507, oil on panel, 46x43 cm, Paris, Louvre * '' Madonna with the Green Cushion'', 1507, oil on panel, 59x47 cm, Paris, Louvre * ''Christ's flagellation'', c. 1509, oil on panel, 63x45 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art * ''Madonna with Child'', c. 1509, oil on panel, 27,2x27,9 cm, Milan, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum * ''Woman playing the lute'', c. 1510, oil on panel, 65x52 cm,

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* ''St Jerome in the desert'', 1510–1515, oil on panel, 69x543 cm, County Durham,

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* ''St John the Baptist''; ''St Anthony'', 1512, oil on panel, 16x13 cm each, Milan, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum * ''Christ carrying the cross'', 1513, oil on panel, 45.5 x 34 cm, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts * ''

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'', 1515, oil on panel, 76x55 cm, Milan, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum * '' Salome with the Head of

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'', 1520–1524, oil on panel, 58,5x57,5 cm,

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, Kunsthistorisches Museum * ''Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist'', ca. 1507–9, oil on wood, 57.2x47 cm, New York, Metropolitan Museum * ''Blessing Christ'', c. 1524, oil on panel, 203x130 cm, New York, Metropolitan Museum

Gallery

File:Andrea Solario 003.jpg, ''Charles d'Amboise'', c. 1507 - oil on canvas; H. 75 cm, W. 52 cm, Louvre File:Andrea Solario - The Crucifixion - WGA21599.jpg, ''Christ on the Cross'', 1503 - oil on wood; H. 111.5 cm, W. 77 cm, Louvre File:Andrea Solario - The Lute Player - WGA21604.jpg, ''Woman playing the lute'', c. 1510 - oil on canvas; H. 62,6 cm, W.49,5 cm, National Gallery of Ancient Art File:Andrea Solario 004.jpg, ''Man with a Pink Carnation'', c. 1495 - Oil & egg tempera on poplar; H. 50 cm, W. 39 cm, National Gallery of London File:Andrea Solario - Portrait of a Man - WGA21606.jpg, ''Portrait of a Man'', c. 1500 - oil on panel; H.42 cm, W. 32 cm,

File:Andrea Solario - Portrait of a Young Man - WGA21607.jpg, ''Portrait of a Young Man'', after 1490 - Oil on panel; H. 31 cm, W. 28 cm,

File:Andrea Solario - Portrait of a Man - WGA21608.jpg, ''Portrait of a Man'', c. 1497 - Oil on wood; H. 48 cm, W. 38 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston File:Andrea Solario 008.jpg, ''Portrait of Giovanni Cristoforo Longoni'', 1505 - oil on panel; H. 79 cm, W. 60,5 cm, National Gallery of London File:Solario, Andrea-Christ portant sa croix-1513-Nantes.jpg, ''Christ carrying the cross'', 1513, oil on panel, 45,5 x 34 cm, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts File:Andrea Solario - Head of a Bearded Man - WGA21611.jpg, ''Head of a Bearded Man'', 1500-1510 - black, red, and yellow chalk on brownish paper; H. 374 mm, W. 273 mm,

File:Andrea Solario - Rest during the Flight to Egypt - WGA21601.jpg, ''

'', 1515 - oil on panel; H. 77 cm, W. 55 cm, Poldi-Pezzoli Museum File:Andrea Solario - Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist - WGA21610.jpg, ''Salome receives the Head of St John the Baptist'', 1506-7 - oil on panel; H. 57 cm, W. 47 cm,

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References

External links

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Andrea Solario on Artcyclopedia

The Solaris and the Della Portas

''Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman''
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Solari (see index)
Painters of reality: the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Solari (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Solari, Andrea 1460 births 1524 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Italian Renaissance painters

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