Matteo di Giovanni

Matteo di Giovanni, called Matteo da Siena ( * 1435 in Sansepolcro, Tuscany, † 1495 in Siena ) was an Italian painter.

Life

Matteo was a son of a tinker from Borgo San Sepolcro. He settled in Siena, where he became the most famous contemporary painters. Matteo created graceful Madonnas and developed in his work a sense of excitement and realism, which is particularly clearly seen in its various versions of the Massacre of Innocents. Matteo was a member of the Sienese school. His main topics were the Strage degli Innocenti ( massacre of the innocents ), he posed several times.

Works (selection)

• Assunzione della Vergine, 1474, National Gallery (London )
• Caterina d' Alessandria, 1479, Basilica di San Domenico (Siena)
• Madonna col Bambino ( multiple versions ), Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena
• Madonna col Bambino e due angeli, Museo di arte sacra della Val d' Arbia, Buonconvento ( comes from the Chiesa di San Lorenzo a Percena, wood painting, 73x49 cm)
• Madonna con il Bambino, San Luigi e San Girolamo, Palazzo Chigi Saracini
• Madonna della neve, 1477, Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Nevi, Siena
• Madonna in trono col Bambino e angeli, Museo di arte sacra della Val d' Arbia, Buonconvento ( comes from the Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, wood painting, 130x56 cm)
• Sant'Agostino and San Michele Arcangelo, 1474, Palazzo Corboli -Museo d' arte sacra, Asciano
• Strage degli Innocenti, 1482, Palazzo Pubblico (Siena)
• Strage degli Innocenti 1491, Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena
• Altarpiece in the Cathedral of Pienza
• Madonna con Bambino, San Giovanni Evangelista, Santa Eugenia e angeli (62 x 45 ), vorm. The church of St. Eugenia in Siena, now in the Oratorio della Compagnia di local San Bernardino