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Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1471 – 11 January 1546) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.

Biography

Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont. He is said to have first learned the art of painting at Vercelli from Gerolamo Giovenone. He subsequently studied in Milan, in the school of the Cathedral artisan Giovanni Stefano Scotti, and perhaps alongside Bernardino Luini.[1] Circa 1504 he proceeded to Florence. It was once thought that he later moved to Rome. He died in Milan.

Gaudenzio was not related to Defendente Ferrari (c.1490–1535) a painter from Chivasso, nor to Eusebio Ferrari (1508–1533) the painter from Vercelli.

Mature work

His initial pictorial style may be considered as derived mainly from the old Milanese school, which had imbibed the classic influence of Leonardo and pupils such as Bramantino. However, the provincial impetus was also strong, as is demonstrated in his emotive work at the Sacro Monte of Varallo.

By 1513, Gaudenzio had depicted the Life of Christ in a fresco at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Varallo Sesia. He returned to work in the chapels of the Sacro Monte di Varallo by 1524. The chapels are dispersed over a hilltop sanctuary, connected by a winding path, and containing a combination of diorama and wax museum[2] with life-size terracotta figures.[3] He executed his most memorable work, a fresco of the Crucifixion (pictured right), with a multitude of figures, no less than twenty-six of them being modelled in actual relief, and colored; on the vaulted ceiling are lamenting angels. The figures include goitrous bestial assailants.[4]

There are other works which show flashes of innovation such as the crowded chorus decorating duomo of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Saronno or his fresco of St Anne.[5] This painting shows the overlap of Milanese realism and Venetian colorism.

He was a very prolific painter, distinguished by strong animation. In general character, his work suggests more the 15th than the 16th century. His subjects were always religious. Andrea Solario, Giovanni Battista Cerva, Gian Paolo Lomazzo, and Fermo Stella were his principle students.

Selected works

• Sant'Anna Altarpiece (Galleria Sabauda and National Gallery, London)
• Pietà, in the Royal Gallery, Turin
• St Catharine Miraculously Saved from the Torture of the Wheel, Brera Gallery, Milan
• Frescoes in church of Santa Maria della Pace, Milan.
• Virgin with Angels and Saints under an Orange Tree, Cathedral, Vercelli
• Last Supper, Refectory of San Paolo
• Birth of the Virgin, Annunciation, Visitation, Adoration of the Shepherds and Kings, Crucifixion, Assumption of the Virgin (1532–1535), Church of San Cristoforo
• St Paul Meditating, Louvre, Paris
• Presentation in the Temple, Christ among the Doctors, History of Christ (1507), Convent of the Minorites, Varallo.
• Adoration (after 1527), Santa Maria di Loreto, near Varallo
• Glory of Angels (1535), Dome of the Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
• Scourging of Christ, Ecce Homo and Crucifixion (1542), Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ferrari, Gaudenzio". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 284–285.
• Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500–1600. Penguin Books Ltd. pp. 392–397.
• Carlone, Mariagrazioa (1999). "Gaudenzio Ferrari and the Musical Statues in Varallo". Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography. 24 (1–2): 89–100. ISSN 1522-7464.

External links

• HALTADEFINIZIONE by HAL9000 S.r.l. – High Resolution Photos, an 8.6GP Scan of the Parete Gaudenziana that was the largest digital photo in the world when it was produced
• Gaudenzio Ferrari at www.wga.hu, Web Gallery of Art

На других языках

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[de] Gaudenzio Ferrari

Gaudenzio Ferrari (* um 1477/1478 in Valduggia, Sesiatal (Piemont); † 31. Januar 1546 in Mailand) war ein italienischer Maler.

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- [en] Gaudenzio Ferrari

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[es] Gaudenzio Ferrari

Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, Vercelli, entre 1471 y 1480 - Milán, 1546), llamado El Milanés fue un pintor, escultor y arquitecto italiano que trabajó en su Piamonte natal y en Lombardía, muy influenciado por Leonardo da Vinci y Bramantino.

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[fr] Gaudenzio Ferrari

Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, v. 1471 - Milan, 1546), dit le Milanais est un peintre, un sculpteur et un architecte italien actif dans son Piémont natal et en Lombardie, très influencé en peinture par Léonard de Vinci et ses suivistes milanais comme Bramantino.

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[it] Gaudenzio Ferrari

Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, fra il 1475 e il 1480 – Milano, 31 gennaio 1546) è stato un pittore e scultore italiano.

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[ru] Феррари, Гауденцио

Гауденцио Феррари (итал. Gaudenzio Ferrari) (1475, Вальдуджа, Пьемонт — 31 января 1546, Милан) — итальянский живописец и скульптор ломбардской школы. Один из самых оригинальных мастеров ломбардского маньеризма. Феррари иногда подписывал свои произведения: «De Varalli» или «De Varalli vallis», поскольку родился близ коммуны Варалло (Varallo) в Пьемонте и позднее там работал. Племянником Феррари был известный художник и теоретик маньеризма ломбардской школы Дж. П. Ломаццо [1]. Гауденцио был женат дважды. От первого брака у него родились сын в 1509 году и дочь в 1512 году. В 1528 году он женился на Марии Маттиа делла Фоппа, которая умерла около 1540 года, вскоре после смерти сына.

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