Masolino da Panicale
Encyclopedia
Masolino da Panicale was an Italian painter. His best known works are probably his collaborations with Masaccio: Madonna with Child and St. Anne
(1424) and the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel
(1424–1428).
. He may have been an assistant to Ghiberti
in Florence between 1403 and 1407. In 1423, he joined the Florentine guild
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Doctors and Apothecaries), which included painters as an independent branch. He may have been the first artist to create of oil paintings in the 1420s, rather than Jan van Eyck
in the 1430s, as was previously supposed. He spent many years traveling, including a trip to Hungary
from September 1425 to July 1427 under the patronage of Pipo of Ozora
, a mercenary captain. He also worked in Rome
and Todi
. He spent his later years, after 1435, working for Cardinal Branda Castiglione in Castiglione Olona
.
Complete works
In Florence
:
In Empoli
:
In Rome
:
In Castiglione Olona
, where his patron was Branda da Castiglioney:
In Naples
:
In France:
In Germany:
In the United States:
Dispersed pieces of works
Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Masaccio)
The Madonna and Child with St. Anne, also known as Sant'Anna Metterza, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio, probably in collaboration with Masolino da Panicale, c. 1424....
(1424) and the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel
Brancacci Chapel
The Brancacci Chapel is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, central Italy. It is sometimes called the "Sistine Chapel of the early Renaissance" for its painting cycle, among the most famous and influential of the period. Construction of the chapel was commissioned by...
(1424–1428).
Biography
Masolino ("Little Tom") was born in PanicalePanicale
Panicale is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 25 km southwest of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,623 and an area of 78.8 km²....
. He may have been an assistant to Ghiberti
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Lorenzo Ghiberti , born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking.-Early life:...
in Florence between 1403 and 1407. In 1423, he joined the Florentine guild
Guilds of Florence
The guilds of Florence were secular corporations that controlled the arts and trades in Florence from the twelfth into the sixteenth century. These Arti included seven major guilds , five middle guilds and nine minor guilds...
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Doctors and Apothecaries), which included painters as an independent branch. He may have been the first artist to create of oil paintings in the 1420s, rather than Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
in the 1430s, as was previously supposed. He spent many years traveling, including a trip to Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
from September 1425 to July 1427 under the patronage of Pipo of Ozora
Pipo of Ozora
Pipo of Ozora was an Italian condottiero, general, strategist...
, a mercenary captain. He also worked in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and Todi
Todi
Todi is a town and comune of the province of Perugia in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction.In the 1990s, Richard S...
. He spent his later years, after 1435, working for Cardinal Branda Castiglione in Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy....
.
Summary of work
- Section includes external links to works of art.
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....
:
- Cappella Brancacci: cycle of frescoes in collaboration with Masaccio, 1424.
- Madonna and Child, Saint Anne and the Angels, collaboration with Masaccio, tempera on wood, 1424, UffiziUffiziThe Uffizi Gallery , is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world.-History:...
, FlorenceFlorenceFlorence 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....
. - Madonna dell'Umiltà, tempera on wood, 1430–35, Uffizi.
In Empoli
Empoli
Empoli is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, about 20 km southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the latter river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes a hilly one as it departs from the river...
:
- Cristo in pietà, detached fresco, 1424, Empoli, museum of the Collegiata di Sant'Andrea.
- Saint Ivo and the Pupils, fresco, 1424, Empoli, Church of Saint Steven.
- Virgin and Child, fresco, 1424, Empoli, Church of Saint Steven.
In Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
:
- Fresco commissioned by Branda da CastiglioneBranda da CastiglioneBranda da Castiglione was an early Italian humanist, a papal diplomat and a Roman Catholic cardinal, or pseudo-Cardinal, as he was raised to the cardinalate by John XXIII, later declared an anti-pope.-Early career:He was born to a Milanese noble family related to Goffredo Castiglioni, Pope...
in the Basilica di San ClementeBasilica di San ClementeThe Basilica of Saint Clement is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Pope Clement I located in Rome, Italy. Archaeologically speaking, the structure is a three-tiered complex of buildings: the present basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of the Middle Ages; beneath...
, Chapel of Saint Catherine, 1428. - Death of the Virgin and Crucifixion, fresco, Pinacoteca Vaticana.
In Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy....
, where his patron was Branda da Castiglioney:
- Hungarian Landscape in the Palazzo Branda Castiglione.
- Story of the Virgin (1435) in the Collegiata.
- FrescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es depicting the Life of St. John the Baptist (1435) in the BaptisteryBaptisteryIn Christian architecture the baptistry or baptistery is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistry may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel...
of Castiglione OlonaCastiglione OlonaCastiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy....
.
In Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
:
- Miracle of the Snow, ca. 1423, triptych, National Museum and Gallery of CapodimonteMuseo di CapodimonteThe National Museum of Capodimonte is located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from other Italian schools of painting, and some important Ancient Roman...
.
In France:
- Scenes from the Legend of Saint Julian the HospitallerJulian the HospitallerJulian the Hospitaller, also known as Julian the Poor, was a legendary Roman Catholic saint. His story is today believed by scholars to be fully legendary.-History:There are three main theories of his origin:...
, tempera on wood, 21 x 39 cm, Musée Ingres.
In Germany:
- Madonna and Child, tempera on wood, Alte PinakothekAlte PinakothekThe Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses one of the most famous collections of Old Master paintings...
. - Madonna and Child (1423), tempera on panel in Kunsthalle BremenKunsthalle BremenThe Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in the Hanseatic City Bremen, Germany.The Kunsthalle was built in 1849 and enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister....
.
In the United States:
- The Annunciation (1425–1430) tempera on wood 148 x 115 cm, National Gallery of ArtNational Gallery of ArtThe National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - The Archangel Gabriel and The Virgin Annunciate, both ca. 1430, tempera (?) on panel, National Gallery of Art.
Dispersed pieces of works
- Lateral panels of an altarpiece with The Ascension at the center, from Santa Maria MaggioreBasilica di Santa Maria MaggioreThe Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major , known also by other names, is the largest Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.There are other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greater size of the...
, Rome, ca. 1427-28, started by Masaccio and completed by Masolino after his death: Saints John the Evangelist(?) and Martin of Tours, Saints Paul and Peter, Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia Museum of ArtThe Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The Museum was established in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year...
; Pope Gregory the Great (?) and Saint Matthias, National Gallery, LondonNational Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media...
; The Ascension National Museum and Gallery of Capodimonte, Naples.