(b Cortine in Valdibiana Montaperti, 1484; d
Siena, between Jan and May 1551).
Italian painter, sculptor,
draughtsman, printmaker and illuminator. He was one of the
protagonists, perhaps even the most precocious, of Tuscan
Mannerism, which he practised with a strong sense of his
Sienese artistic background but at the same time with an
awareness of contemporary developments in Florence and Rome.
He responded to the new demand for feeling and fantasy while
retaining the formal language of the early 16th century.
None of Beccafumi’s works is signed or dated, but his highly
personal maniera has facilitated almost unanimous
agreement regarding the definition of his corpus and the
principal areas of influence on it. However, some questions
concerning the circumstances of his early career and the
choices available to him remain unanswered. The more extreme
forms of Beccafumi’s reckless experimentation underwent a
critical reappraisal only in the later 20th century.
Self-portrait 1525-1530
St Paul
c. 1515
Oil on wood, 190 x 150 cm
Museo dell'Opera della Metropolitana, Siena
Trinity
1513
Oil on wood, 152 x 228 cm
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Trinity (detail)
1513
Oil on wood
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Trinity (detail)
1513
Oil on wood
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Trinity (detail)
1513
Oil on wood
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Stigmatization of St Catherine of Siena
c. 1515
Oil on wood, 208 x 156 cm
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
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