Biagio d'Antonio

The Betrothal of Jason and Medea, 1487

Madonna Worshipping the Child and an Angel (c. 1475). (São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo).

Biagio d’Antonio Tucci (1446 – 1 June 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter whose style was influenced by Filippo Lippi, Andrea Verrocchio and Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Biography

Biagio was born in Florence.

For much of the last quarter of the 15th century he was active in Faenza, but his style continued to reflect Florentine innovations. His paintings also demonstrate influences—particularly in the decorative elements—from early Netherlandish painting.

The painter sometimes collaborated with other artists. In 1481–1482, he assisted Cosimo Rosselli on frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, including the Last Supper and probably the Crossing of the Red Sea. He helped Pietro Perugino in painting in the Palazzo della Signoria. His other works include the Temperani predella at Cortona and a Madonna between St Francis and Mary Magdalene at San Casciano in Val di Pesa.

He also frequently painted cassone panels.

Selected works

• Madonna and Child, Angels and Saints Dominic, Andrew, John the Evangelist and Thomas Aquinas. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.
• Madonna and Child, Two Angels and Saints John the Evangelist and Anthony of Padua. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.
• St. Peter. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.
• Annunciation. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.
• Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1470. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• The Triumph of Camillus, c. 1470/1475. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Madonna Worshipping the Child and an Angel, c. 1475. São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo.
• Portrait of a Boy, c. 1476–1480. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

Sources

• Bartoli, Roberta. "Biagio d'Antonio (Tucci)". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. 
• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 590. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biagio d'Antonio.

• Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about d'Antonio and his works (see pages: 142-148).

Decoration of the Sistine Chapel
Life of Moses	Moses Leaving to Egypt 1 The Trials of Moses 2 The Crossing of the Red Sea 3/4/5 The Descent from Mount Sinai 3/6 The Punishment of the Rebels 2 The Testament and Death of Moses 7/8
Life of Christ	The Baptism of Christ 1 The Temptations of Christ 2 The Vocation of the Apostles 4 The Sermon on the Mount 3 The Delivery of the Keys 1 The Last Supper 3
Ceiling 9 (Gallery)	Scenes from Genesis The Separation of Light from Darkness The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Vegetation The Separation of Land and Water The Creation of Adam The Creation of Eve The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden The Sacrifice of Noah The Flood The Drunkenness of Noah Prophets Jonah Jeremiah Ezekiel Joel Zechariah Isaiah Daniel Sibyls Persian Sibyl Erythraean Sibyl Delphic Sibyl Cumaean Sibyl Libyan Sibyl
Altar wall	The Last Judgment 9
Tapestries	The Lives of Saints Peter and Paul 10
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