Daniele da Volterra

Daniele da Volterra (* 1509 in Volterra, Tuscany, † April 4, 1566 in Rome), actually Daniele Ricciarelli, was an Italian painter and sculptor.

Volterra seems initially to have been formed by Sodoma and later joined in Rome Michelangelo to, through whose patronage he was his successor as superintendent of the works at the Vatican. Michelangelo assisted him with his advice and to him also drawings for his paintings, as for the famous Descent from the Cross, have his main work ( in Trinita dei Monti in Rome ), if.

From his other paintings in a Justitia Prior palace to Volterra and the Massacre of the Innocents in the Uffizi at Florence are emphasized. A provided on both sides with the same image representation (David cut Goliath 's head off ), painted on a huge slate, is to visit the Louvre in Paris. The two images differ in time by a brief moment, as he is in the film between two frames today.

Under Julius III. lost Volterra its place, the plastic turned and went to Florence later, then came back to Rome and laid on behalf of Pope Pius IV the obnoxious pelts of the Last Judgment by Michelangelo ( altar fresco of the Sistine Chapel ), earning him the nickname Braghettone ( " painter pants " ) earned.

Among his sculptural works, the statue of Cleopatra at the fountain in the corridor of the Belvedere is most excellent. From France, he was commissioned to produce the equestrian statue of Henry II, but was only the horse to run, the later Louis XIII. contributed to the Place Royale in Paris. Volterra died on 4 April 1566.