Ugolino di nerio biography examples

  • He was a leading master who contributed to the spread of Sienese painting in Florence by earning commissions to paint in the two main basilicas there.
  • A large altarpiece which adorned the high altar of the church of Santa Croce in Florence.
  • (active 1317–27).

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    Ugolino di Nerio, 'The Deposition', possibly 1325-8

    These panels were once part of a large altarpiece made by the Sienese painter Ugolino di Nerio for the high altar of the Franciscan church of Santa Croce in Florence. In 1566 it was removed and replaced with a kors. The altarpiece focuses on the Passion of Christ (his tortyr and crucifixion) and the Resurrection – an appropriate theme, as the church was dedicated to the Holy Cross. The imagery of the altarpiece was a suitable backdrop to the church’s annual procession of a relic of the Cross.

    Although the altarpiece was later dismantled and its panels are now in collections around the world, we have a good idea of how it looked originally. Drawings made in the late eighteenth century show the altarpiece when it was in the friary connected to the church. At that time, Ugolino’s signature was noted on the altarpiece’s frame. Technical analysis of the panels, carried out at the National galleri, revealed

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    Ugolino di Nerio

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    Italian painter

    Born circa 1280 - Died 1349

    Born in Siena, Italy

    Died in Siena, Italy

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    The Last Supper

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    Title:The Last Supper

    Artist:Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) (Italian, Siena, active by 1317–died ?1339/49)

    Date:ca. 1325–30

    Medium:Tempera and gold on wood

    Dimensions:Overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 15 x 22 1/4 in. (38.1 x 56.5 cm); painted surface 13 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (34.3 x 52.7 cm)

    Classification:Paintings

    Credit Line:Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

    Object Number:1975.1.7

    Cappella Maggiore, Santa Croce, Florence (until 1566); upper dormitory, friary of Sante Croce, Florence; William Young Ottley, London; Warner Ottley, London; Warner Ottley sale, Foster and Son, London, 30 June 1847 (bought in); Warner Ottley sale, Foster and Son, London, 24 June 1850, lot 55; Rev. John Fuller Russell, Eagle House, near Enfield (see G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854, vol. 2, p. 462); Russell sale, Christie's, London, 18 April, 1885, lot 116; Canon