Benedetto Buglioni

Benedetto Buglioni (* between the December 20, 1459 and March 21, 1460 in Florence, † March 7, 1521 in Florence ) was an Italian sculptor and Terrakottabildner.

Life

Benedetto Buglioni was a son of the stone cutter Giovanni di Bernardo d' Antonio and brother also active as a sculptor Francesco Buglioni. He grew up near the workshop of Luca Della Robbia and Andrea and was thus probably inspired to follow them. According to Vasari him working in the workshop of Andrea Della Robbia woman gave the secret of glazed terra-cotta, which he then successfully imitated. Much more likely is that he was trained in the Della Robbia workshop, which was adjacent to his father's workshop in sculpture and thus also in the glaze technique. As his later works also have strong influences from Antonio Rosselino, can not be completely ruled out that he's gone there as well in teaching. Because the fact is that he worked in the style of Della Robbia and is responsible for ensuring that their glaze technology outside of Florence rather widespread.

For the year 1484 the earliest independent work of Benedetto is documented, a now -lost " Christ in Limbo ," which he executed for the church of SS Annunziata. Between 1487 and 1490 he led in stone, along with his brother Francesco, the Cappella del Santo Anello in the Cathedral of San Pietro in Perugia, of the have received only two busts of the Prophets "David" and " Isaiah ". Even during this work, or right after, he led for the altar of San Jacopo in Perugia a relief with the " Resurrection of Christ" from, for which he was paid in 1490. In the same year, but no later than 1491, he opened his own workshop in Florence and took over, along with his brother, on behalf of Cardinal Giovanni de ' Medici, the facade design at the Santuario di Santa Cristina in Bolsena. The case executed sculptural works, particularly the " grave sculpture of St. Christina" are now considered his most important works. Following this work Benedetto worked in many other cities, especially in Tuscany. In 1504 he was a member of the Commission, which decided the future site of Michelangelo's "David". Around 1508 he took the son of the cousin of his father, Santi Tommaso di Michele, who later Santi Buglioni called himself, with him, and taught him his craft and instructed him in his art.

Style

Benedetto Buglioni has left a rich oeuvre of largely undisputed works, which it still is a large amount of predominantly recognized write-ups to the side. He is in direct succession to the Della Robbia and comes in his art the Giovanni Della Robbia, with whom he perhaps learned together, very close. Stylistically, he is close also Antonio Rosselino but Maiano, Desiderio was oriented in addition also visible on Benedetto da da Settignano and Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. After the takeover of the glaze technique, he soon began to experiment with this. In contrast to the work Della Robbia its glaze is often thin and uneven and acts in the entire light applied, and is also less translucent.

Works (selection)

• Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Maria with the child. to 1490 - 1500
• Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Nicholas. 1502

• Mary with the Child and Four Saints. 1517

• Bezel: The Virgin and Child between Saints Christina and George. to 1494/95
• Altar of the holy Christina. 1495
• The Crucifixion of Christ. 1496
• The Mass of Bolsena. 1496
• Grave sculpture of St. Christina. 1496

• Madonna Enthroned with the Child between St. Francis and St. Anthony Abbot. to 1510 - 1520

• The Virgin and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and Bernardino of Siena.

• St. Anselm enthroned between Saints Lawrence, Julian, Rose of Viterbo and Clare. to 1500 - 1505

• St. Rochus with a companion. ( attributed to )

• Bezel: Maria with the child.

• Bezel: Mary of Egypt. ( attributed to )

• Worshipping Mary. 1500
• Shepherd with flute. 1500
• Worshipping Shepherd with basket. 1500
• Angel with candelabra. 1500
• Kneeling Angel. 1500
• Kneeling Angel. 1500
• Ox. 1500
• Donkey. 1500
• Sheep. 1500

• The Virgin and Child on clouds. to 1480 - 1490 (attributed )
• The Adoration of the Child with Saints Lucy and Andrew. to 1500 - 1505
• St. Jerome in the Desert. to 1500 - 1505
• Stigmatization of St. Francis. to 1500 - 1505
• The Ascension of Christ. to 1500 - 1505 (attributed )
• The birth Christi. to 1500 - 1510

• Bezel: The Coronation of Mary. ( attributed to )

• Mary and the saints. 1520

• The Saint Lucy of angels worshiped.

• Main altar worshiped with a Crucifixion scene and Mary, two monks. ( attributed to )

• Saints Adoring the Sacrament. 1515

• Bust of the young John the Baptist. 1500
• Maria with the child. 1500

• The birth Christi. 1520

• Angel with candelabra. 1510

• Maria with the child. ( attributed to )

• Three medallions of the Saints Peter and Benedict. to 1487/88
• The monogram of Christ. to 1487/88
• Christ and the Samaritan woman. 1487/88

• Baptismal font. 1510

• Maria with the child. 1520

• The Resurrection of Christ. 1490

• Bezel: Coronation of the Virgin. 1511
• Coat of arms. 1515

• The birth Christi. ( attributed to )

• The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary Magdalene. to 1490 - 1495

• The Adoration of the Child with Joseph and angels. to 1490 - 1500

• Coat of arms of Pope Innocent VIII to 1484 - 1492

• Tabernacle with preaching representation. to 1500 - 1505 (attributed with workshop participation)

• The Nativity with the Adoration of the Shepherds. to 1485 - 1490

• Mary, worshiping the Child, with the Infant St. John. 1490 ( on 9 July 2002 at Sotheby 's in London auctioned )
• Maria with the child. to 1500 - 1525 ( December 19, 2002 at the Casa d'Aste Finarte Semenzato auctioned )