Fabrizio Boschi
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Fabrizio Boschi was an Italian
painter of the early-Baroque
period, active in Florence
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He is said to have been a pupil of Domenico Passignano
. In 1615, Michelangelo the Younger asked Boschi to paint Michelangelo presenting the wooden model of the Tribunal of the Wheel in Via Giulia in Rome to Pope Julius III
on one of the walls of the Gallery of the Casa Buonarroti
.
He was one of the artists whose biography was recorded by Filippo Baldinucci
, who noted both Boschi's fiery temper as well as his “persistent imagination”.
He also painted St. Bonaventure celebrating mass for the church of All saints in Florence. He painted the Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul for the Certosa di Galuzzo. For the church of the Dominican convent of St. Lucia, he painted an Assumption of the Virgin surrounded with Angels, and Apostles below.
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painter of the early-Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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He is said to have been a pupil of Domenico Passignano
Domenico Passignano
Domenico Passignano , born Cresti or Crespi, was an Italian painter of a late-Renaissance or Contra-Maniera style that emerged in Florence towards the end of the 16th century.- Biography :...
. In 1615, Michelangelo the Younger asked Boschi to paint Michelangelo presenting the wooden model of the Tribunal of the Wheel in Via Giulia in Rome to Pope Julius III
Pope Julius III
Pope Julius III , born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was Pope from 7 February 1550 to 1555....
on one of the walls of the Gallery of the Casa Buonarroti
Casa Buonarroti
Casa Buonarroti is a museum in Florence. The building was a property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo, which he left to his nephew, Lionardo Buonarroti. The house was converted into a museum dedicated to the artist by his great nephew, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger...
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He was one of the artists whose biography was recorded by Filippo Baldinucci
Filippo Baldinucci
Filippo Baldinucci was an Italian art historian and biographer.-Life:Baldinucci is considered among the most significant Florentine biographers/historians of the artists and the arts of the Baroque period...
, who noted both Boschi's fiery temper as well as his “persistent imagination”.
He also painted St. Bonaventure celebrating mass for the church of All saints in Florence. He painted the Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul for the Certosa di Galuzzo. For the church of the Dominican convent of St. Lucia, he painted an Assumption of the Virgin surrounded with Angels, and Apostles below.