Vecchietta

Usually only called Lorenzo di Pietro il Vecchietta, (* 1410 in Siena, † 1480 in Siena) was an Italian painter in the style of the Sienese school, sculptor and goldsmith.

Life

Vecchietta was born the son of Pietro di Giovanni di Lando 1410 in Siena and baptized on 11 August 1410. He probably learned his craft at Il Sassetta, Taddeo di Bartolo and Jacopo della Quercia at. Among his pupils were Francesco di Giorgio and Neroccio di Bartolomeo di Benedetto de ' Landi. Most of his works were written in Siena, mainly for the sacristy ( Cappella del Sacro Chiodo ) in the building complex of Santa Maria della Scala and the Duomo of Siena and its Baptistery. For his work in the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, he was given the nickname Pittor dello Spedale (painter of the hospital ). He also worked about 1435 in the chapel of the Palazzo Castiglioni in Castiglione Olona, headed by Masolino da Panicale. He is described in the art lexicon Le vite dei più eccellenti architetti, pittori et Scultori italiani by Giorgio Vasari in the second part, together with Francesco di Giorgio Martini as a sculptor and goldsmith.

Works (selection)

Works in the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala

  • Allegoria dell'Ascensione dei bambini al cielo ( Cappella del Sacro Chiodo, sacristy )
  • Annunciation ( Cappella del Sacro Chiodo, sacristy )
  • Risorto Cristo ( 1476 Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata)
  • Giudizio Universal ( Cappella del Sacro Chiodo, sacristy )
  • I Fondatori, ( 1441 )
  • La Natività ( Cappella del Sacro Chiodo, sacristy )
  • La Visione del beato Sorore (fresco in Pellegrinaio )

Other works in Siena

  • Andata al Calvario (1447-1450 arisen, Baptistery of the Cathedral of Siena)
  • Arliquiera ( 1445, written for the Santa Maria della Scala, is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena)
  • Ciborio ( ciborium of the Cathedral of Siena, 1467-1472 arisen for Santa Maria della Scala, in 1506 moved to the Cathedral )
  • Compianto del Cristo morto ( Oratorio di San Bernardino )
  • Flagellation ( Baptistery of the Cathedral of Siena)
  • Madonna con il suo manto copre che il popolo Senese ( Fresco, Cappella dei Nove, Palazzo Pubblico )
  • Madonna Piccolomini (theater entrance at Palazzo Chigi Saracini )
  • Papa Pio II (Museo delle Biccherne, State Archives )
  • Salita al Calvario ( Baptistery of the Cathedral of Siena)
  • San Pietro and San Paolo ( to 1458, Loggia della Mercanzia )
  • Santa Caterina ( Sala del Mappamondo, Palazzo Pubblico )

Other works outside Siena

  • L' Assunzione Madonna con i santi Agata, Pio, Callisto e Caterina da Siena ( 1461, Cathedral of Pienza)
  • La Madonna e santi ( 1475, Uffizi, Florence)
  • Sant'Antonio Abate ( wooden statue, 1474, Cathedral of Narni ( Concattedrale di San Juvenal ) )
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