Sano di Pietro

Ansano di Pietro di Mencio, usually just called Sano di Pietro ( * um 1406 in Siena, † 1481 ibid ), was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance and painted in the style of the Sienese school.

Life

Sano di Pietro was born in 1405 or 1406 as Ansano di Pietro di Mencio in Siena. He learned his craft in the workshop of Il Sassetta. Since 1428 he was enrolled in the painters' guild Breve dell'Arte in Siena. In 1431 he was elected Capitano Contrada San Donato a Montanini, a year later, he married Donna Antonia. The Office of the Captain of the contrada San Donato a Montanini he also conducted and 1442 of.

Among his most famous works is Bernardino preaching on the square in Siena ( Predica di San Bernardino in Piazza del Campo), now on display in the Museum of the Duomo of Siena. He will also be the works of the masters of Osservanza assigned, to this day the assignment is doubtful. An altarpiece by him is located in the Cathedral of Pienza. This is today located in the Basilica of San Francesco della Madonna fresco Incoronazione counted, he is one of the few artists exhibiting works in all four basilicas in Siena.

The work of Sano di Pietro and his workshop is called, especially in his last years as an artist as operationally, factory- and monotonous, in part as a monotonous and dull. After the death of Domenico di Bartolo and Il Vecchietta he does not seem to have been able to make his painting with new elements, instead he devoted himself to repeating the conventional Malformen in increased quantitative extent to which his to a reduction in the quality work was carried out.

In addition to his work as a painter, he worked in Siena also as a consultant and mediator in conflicts between artists. 1467 he mediated between Antonio di Battista di Giusa and Fruosino, 1475 between Francesco di Giorgio and Neroccio di Bartolomeo di Benedetto de ' Landi and Francesco de Bartolomeo di Lodovico Alfei and Nicolo Martinozzi. The case of Neroccio di Bartolomeo di Benedetto de'Landi is documented against Bernardino Nini from 1476. He has collaborated with artists such as Il Vecchietta ( 1439) and Giovanni di Paolo and Domenico di Bartolo, with whom he 1445 a fresco ( Marie redemption ) of Lippo Vanni in the Sala della Biccherna in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena painted over.

The exact date of death of Sano di Pietro is unknown. In the obituary of the Basilica di San Domenico, he is noted on November 1, 1481 as Pictor famosus et tous homo deditus deodorant.

Works (selection)

• Altenburg, Lindenau - Museum: Assunzione della Madonna ( 30.3 x 47.7 cm)
• Madonna con Bambino e angeli (89 x 59 cm)

• Incoronazione della Vergine ( comes from the Chiesa di Sant'Albiano a Quinciano ( Monteroni d' Arbia ), wood painting, 105 x 148 cm)
• Madonna in trono fra i santi Bernadino e Caterina da Siena ( comes from the Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, wood painting ( three-part altarpiece ), 150 x 140 cm)

• Santi Francesco Ludovico di Tolosa, Girolamo ( triptych )
• Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio ( Altarpiece)
• Santi Ludovico, Lucia, Sebastiano / Santi Francesco, Chiara, Bernardino ( triptych )
• Santi Michele arcangelo, Agostino, Benedetto, Ludovico di Tolosa / Santi Luca, Girolamo, Anthony Abbot, Bernardino ( triptych )
• Incoronazione della Vergine ( Altarpiece)

• Madonna col Bambino
• Madonna dell'Umilità
• San Bernardino

• Madonna con Bambino in trono tra san Giacomo Maggiore and San Giovanni Evangelista

• Madonna con Bambino tra San Giovanni Battista, San Girolamo, Anthony of Padua, San Bernardino da Siena e angeli (wood paintings, about 1465/1470 originated )
• Madonna con Bambino tra Saint Agnes, Santa Caterina d' Alessandria e angeli, Cristo in pieta tra Santa Maria Maddalena, San Francesco d' Assisi, San Girolamo and Santa Margherita (wood paintings)
• Madonna con Bambino tra Santa Caterina d' Alessandria, Santa Dorotea e Angeli (wood paintings)

• San Girolamo appare a Sulpicio Severo ea Sant'Agostino (the part of a predella, 1444 originated )
• San Girolamo e il leone (the part of a predella, 1444 originated )
• San Girolamo fustigato dagli angeli in sogno (the part of a predella, 1444 originated )
• San Girolamo penitente nel deserto (the part of a predella, 1444 originated )

• Santa Caterina da Siena
• Santo Vescovo

• Nozze di due giovani nobili ( 1473 )
• Virgin protegge Siena mentre il Camarlingo di Biccherna si lava le mani ( 1451 )

• Predica di San Bernardino in Piazza del Campo (about 1444 originated )
• Predica di San Bernardino davanti alla Chiesa di San Francesco (ca. 1444 originated )
• San Bernardino in gloria ( ca 1465/70 originated )

• San Bernardino (1450, Fresco )
• Santa Caterina da Siena ( 1461 )

• Sul Cristo morto Compianto coi Santi Francesco, Antonio da Padova e due angeli ( 1481 )
• Crocifissione coi Dolenti ei Santi Agostino e Monica ( 1470 )

• Assunzione della Madonna ( Room 16, before 1444 originated )
• I SS Nicola, Girolamo, Michele and Antonio da Padova (Room 16)
• Madonna col Bambino, angeli e santi ( hall 16, 1444 emerged as Polittico dei Gesuati known)
• Madonna col Bambino, angeli e santi (also called Madonna del Cardellino, Room 17 )
• Madonna in trono col Bambino (Room 16)
• Madonna in trono col Bambino, angeli e santi ( hall 17, 1446 originated )
• Madonna in trono col Bambino, angeli e santi ( Room 12 )
• Madonna in trono col Bambino e angeli (Room 16)
• Madonna in trono col Bambino e due Angeli (Room 16)
• Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi, Annunciazione e Crocifissione con San Francesco ( hall 9)
• Polyptych Petronilla, comes from the Chiesa di Santa Petronilla in Siena, in 1479 originated
• Polyptych Scrofiano stems from the Collegiate di San Biagio a Scrofiano in Sinalunga and contains the paintings Martyrdom e decapitazione di San Biagio
• San Biagio cammina sull'acqua
• San Biagio di ordina al lupo restiuire il maiale alla povera vedova
• San Biagio viene nutrito dagli uccelli