Francesco Pesellino

Francesco di Stefano, called Pesellino ( probably * 1422, † July 29, 1457 in Florence ) was a painter in Renaissance Florence. He stands close to the style of his Florentine contemporaries Fra Filippo Lippi and painted small format paintings with religious themes. In addition, in the painting is attributed to some well-known among connoisseurs bridal chests.

Il Pesellino

Francesco di Stefano was known as Il Pesellino, Francesco Pesellino, or Francesco di Stefano Pesellino. He was the son of the painter Stefano di Francesco and lived after the death of his father in 1427 when he also active as a painter maternal grandfather Giuliano Pesello (* 1367, † 1446 ). He then got the nickname Il Pesellino and took themselves the name Francesco Pesellino in use.

Style and Workshop

After initial training, presumably by his grandfather to Pesellino with Piero di Lorenzo and Zanobi di Migliore own workshop in Florence in the Corso degli Adimari (now Via dei Calzaiuoli ) have operated. Maybe he was in between also a pupil of Fra Filippo Lippi, in any case, he is considered by this very affected.

Pesellino mainly created small-scale religious works and Cassoni, bridal chests painted with scenes from myths and legends. His style is close to that of his Florentine contemporaries Lippi, whose workshop is to have completed even after the untimely death of one of his unfinished work, Pesellino. Pesellino painting takes the development of subsequent Florentine painters such as Verrochino and Pollaiuoli anticipated.

Works (selection)

Painting

  • Trinity Altar ( Trinitaetsaltar of Pistoia) 1455-1460, National Gallery, London Pesellino Trinity altar is his only documentary sure zuzuordnendes work. It was commissioned in September 1455 with him by a college of priests from Pistoia in order and was not completed at his death, the completion happened to 1460 by Lippi or his workshop.
  • Vasariberichtet in the 16th century by Pesellino predella to an altarpiece Lippi for the church of Santa Croce in Florence. Probably in the 18th century sawed into six parts are these divided today between the Uffizi, the Louvre and the Accademia Carrara Bergamot.
  • More paintings Madonna and Child with Saints. Louvre, Paris
  • Madonna with Child and six saints. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Proclamation. The Courtauld Gallery, London
  • Crucifixion. National Gallery of Art, Washington
  • The Miracle of St. Sylvester. Worcester Art Museum (possibly part of the predella )
  • The construction of the temple. Fogg Art Museum (attributed Pesellino Pesellino or successor )

Cassoni ( bridal chests )

Cassoni (attributed )

  • Triumph of David. National Gallery, London
  • Triumph of Love, Chastity and Death. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Triumph of Petrarch. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
  • The life of Griselda. Carrara Academy Gallery. Bergamo.

Book illumination

From a series of six images with allegories

  • Rome, ca.1448. Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • Carthage, ca.1448. Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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