Daniele da Volterra

(1509–1566) Italian painter (1509-1566)

Daniele da Volterra (1509–1566) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Daniele da Volterra belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Daniele da Volterra was born in Volterra and died in Rome. Daniele da Volterra worked in Rome.

The best-known works include ‘David and Goliath (recto)’, ‘David and Goliath (verso)’, ‘David and Goliath’, and ‘Assumption of the Virgin’. The catalogue has 16 works by Daniele da Volterra with free images. The dated works span the years 1540–1557. Works by Daniele da Volterra are held by several collections, among them Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Uffizierna, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Pradomuseet. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Cristoforo Gherardi, Pieter Aertsen, Lelio Orsi, Jan Matsys, and Andrés de Vandelvira.

• Mannerism
• The Massacre of the Innocents