Rosso Fiorentino

(1494–1540) italiensk konstnär

Rosso Fiorentino (Italy, 1494–1540) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Rosso Fiorentino belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Rosso Fiorentino was born in Florence and died in Fontainebleau. Rosso Fiorentino trained at Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. Wikidata associates Rosso Fiorentino with Mannerism.

The best-known works include ‘Allegory of Salvation with the Virgin and Christ Child, St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist and Two Angels’, ‘Allégorie macabre’, ‘Madonna between Two Saints’, and ‘Marriage of the Virgin’. The catalogue has 31 works by Rosso Fiorentino with free images. The dated works span the years 1515–1536. Works by Rosso Fiorentino are held by several collections, among them Uffizi Gallery, Galleria Palatina, Nationalmuseum, and Pinacoteca e Museo Civico di Volterra. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bartholomeus Bruyn d.ä., Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Jan Maria Padovano, Pontormo, and Bacchiacca.

• Mannerism
• Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro
• Descent from the Cross
• Madonna and Child with Cherubs
• Angel Playing the Lute
• Sacred conversation with musical angels
• Pietà
• The Dead Christ with Angels
• Bacchus, Venus and Cupid
• Portrait of a Young Man Seated on a Carpet
• Portrait of a Young Man
• The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
• Deposition from the Cross