Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio (also called Ugolino da Siena, * ca 1280, probably in Siena; † ca 1349 ) was an Italian painter who painted in the style of the Sienese school.
Life
His craft he learned probably Segna di Bonaventura at Duccio di Buoninsegna, who died in Siena in 1319. Di Nerio itself is considered from 1315 to 1327 active as a painter, where he is already out in 1315 as an independent master. . The first ( extant ) written mention of his person is from the year 1317 a long time he was equated with a mentioned to 1324/1325 Ugolino di Pietro, to the Italian art historian Gaetano Milanesi ( born September 9, 1813 in Siena, † 11 March 1895 ibid ) the source explained. This is later confirmed by his disciple P. Bacci and occupied by two other supplementary documents from the years 1324/1325 and 1327. Here he is called the son of Nerio or the Rainerio, who was apparently a painter himself and his son taught Ugolino and two other sons, Guido and Muccio or Monuccio had. The first is performed in 1327 in the Florentine documents as Apothekter and doctor, the second appears in Senese records in 1319, 1333 and 1342 ( presumed dead ).
Artistic creation
One of his first works as an independent artist was born in Florence in the Palazzo Pitti in 1315 under the name Madonna Contini Bonaccossi. His main works were the images in the churches of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella in Florence. The altarpiece of Santa Croce is his only signed work, which he signed with Ugolinus DE Senis ME PINXIT 1325. The original drawing was lost in 1566, when Giorgio Vasari replaced the work from a private, but he drew the dedication on. The redesigning parts of the work were lost, others can be found today in various art collections in the world again. These include the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, which owns the cuts San Paolo, San Giovanni Battista, San Pietro, San Simone and San Giuda Taddeo e San Bartolomeo e Sant'Andrea, Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro and Flagellation. The National Gallery in London has eleven pieces of work, including Bacio di Giuda, David e Mosè, Deposizione dalla croce, Profeta Isaia, Resurrezione di Cristo and Salita al Calvario. The predella of the work, the passion of Christ dar. Other sections are located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia ( Daniele Profeta ) and in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art ( Ultima Cena). Part of his work in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence are now in the Muzeum Narodowe in Poznan ( San Giovanni Battista ), and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles ( of Sant'Andrea ).
Other works (selection)
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts: Madonna col bambino (around 1325/1330 originated )
- Maria Maddalena ( Polyptych, 1320 originated )
- Madonna col Bambino
- San Pietro e San Francesco d' Assisi ( Polittico )
- Crocifissione con San Francesco di Cristo Crocifissione (68 cm x 45 cm)
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Madonna col bambino e santi ( 139 cm x 242 cm)
- Polyptych Madonna con Bambino e Santi ( 139 cm x 242 cm)