Domenico Beccafumi

(1486–1551) Italian painter (1486–1551)

Domenico Beccafumi (1486–1551) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Domenico Beccafumi belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Domenico Beccafumi was born in Castelnuovo Berardenga and died in Siena. Domenico Beccafumi worked in Italy. Wikidata associates Domenico Beccafumi with Mannerism and Sienese school.

The best-known works include ‘Self-portrait’, ‘Deucalion and Pyrrha’, ‘The Choice of Hercules’, and ‘The Story of Papirius’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 71 works by Domenico Beccafumi with free images. The dated works span the years 1506–1600. Works by Domenico Beccafumi are held by several collections, among them Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Museo Horne, National Gallery, and Département des peintures du Louvre. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Joos van Cleve, Stanisław Samostrzelnik, Peter Flötner, Cariani, and Sebastiano del Piombo.

• The Renaissance
• Saint Paul enthroned