Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (1399 or 1403 - 1482) was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena. He may have apprenticed with Taddeo di Bartolo, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts.
He was one of the most important painters of the 15th century Sienese school. His early works show the influence of earlier Sienese masters, but his later style was more individual, characterized by cold, harsh colours and elongated forms. His style also took on the influence of International Gothic artists such as Gentile da Fabriano. Many of his works have an unusual dreamlike atmosphere, such as the surrealistic Miracle of St. Nicholas of Tolentino painted about 1455 and now housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while his last works, particularly Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell from about 1465 and Assumption painted in 1475, both at Pinacoteca, Siena, are grotesque treatments of their lofty subjects. Giovanni's reputation declined after his death but was revived in the 20th century.
Anthology of Works
- 1426 Madonna and Child with Angels
- 1435 Madonna of Humility (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena)
- 1440s Saint Ansanus Baptizing (Christian Museum, Esztergom)
- 1440 Saint Michael the Archangel (Pinacoteca, Vatican)
- 1445 The Creation and the Expulsion from the Paradise (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
- 1445 Saints Clare and Elizabeth of Hungary (Private)
- 1445 Madonna and Child with Saints (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
- 1450 Saint Stephen Suckled by a Doe (San Stefano alla Lizza, Siena)
- 1454 Saint John the Baptist Goes into the Wilderness (National Gallery, London)
- 1455 Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving a Ship (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- 1455 Coronation of the Virgin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
- 1460s Nativity (Christian Museum, Esztergom)
- 1460 Saint Catherine before the Pope at Avignon (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid)
- 1462 The Adoration of the Magi (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
- 1465 Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell (Pinacoteca, Siena)
- 1475 Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging her Heart with Christ (Private)[1]
- 1475 Assumption of the Virgin (Pinacoteca, Siena)
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