Talk:Pietro del Donzello

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Working Draft: Pietro del Donzello was a Florentine artist who learned under Giusto di Andrea and was known for his painted standards and shields.

Pietro, with his brother and fellow artist Ippolito, received commissions throughout Italy in the late 15th century

In 1487, Pietro is believed to have painted a depiction of Jason and the Argonauts for Lorenzo Tornabuoni, the cousin of Lorenzo de' Medici, for his wedding to Giovanna degli Albizzi. The painting, which hung in his personal room in the Medici Florentine palace, captures the moment Jason bids his uncle Peleus farewell before sailing off with his fellow Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece. The painting currently belongs to the Mari Cha Collection.

According to Vasari in 1488 Pietro and Ippolito, employed with Giuliano da Maiano, traveled to Naples and painted a fresco in the Villa Poggio Reale for King Alfonso.

One of Pietro's only confirmed paintings, an Annunciation set amid classical architecture, lies in a chapel in Santo Spirito Church in Florence. The work was restored from 2012-2014 by the non-profit group Friends of Florence.

In 1500 Pietro painted an oil on wood scene of "Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Angels," now held by the The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge also has a oil on canvas painting attributed to Donzello depicting St. Julian The Hospitaler. The painting was bequeathed in 1912 to the museum by Charles Brinsley Marlay.

Article on Anunciation restoration in Santo Spirito http://www.gonews.it/2014/09/25/recuperata-lannunciazione-di-pietro-donzello-nella-chiesa-di-santo-spirito-in-basilica-anche-due-storici-paliotti/

--> need to cite / find source quote from wikipedia page on villa Poggio Reale where Vasari mentions Donzello brothers: "Giorgio Vasari later reported, 'At Poggio Reale [Giuliano da Maiano] laid out the architecture of that palazzo, always considered a most beautiful thing; and to fresco it he brought there Pietro del Donzello, a Florentine, and Polito his brother who was considered in that time a good master, who painted the whole palazzo, inside and out, with the history of the said king.'[17]

I plan to add more biographical information and more works he painted. For instance, his "Departure of the Argonauts," the "Annunciation" he painted in Santo Spirito in Florence, and "St. Julian the Hospitaler." Below I will list links that have information on my artist. I will also properly cite my article's information.

http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T023310pg1#T023312 A brief biography offered by Oxford Art Online

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/master-of-1487-probably-pietro-del-donzello-the-departure-of-the-argonauts (National Gallery page for his "Departure of the Argonauts" painting.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/27/pietro-del-donzello-at-the-frick-collection-is-the-daily-pic-by-blake-gopnik.html (a modern review of his Argonaut painting)

http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?qu=Donzello%20OR%20Maker:Donzelli%20AND%20Maker:Pietro&oid=358 (The Fitzwilliam Museum page for his "St. Julian" painting

https://www.jstor.org/stable/888248?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Pietro&searchText=del&searchText=donzello&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fgroup%3Dnone%26acc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26wc%3Don%26Query%3DPietro%2Bdel%2Bdonzello&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents(JSTOR article that mentions the Donzello family workshop)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/883579?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Pietro&searchText=del&searchText=Donzello&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Ffc%3Doff%26acc%3Don%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26amp%3D%26Query%3DPietro%2Bdel%2BDonzello%26wc%3Don%26group%3Dnone&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents

(JSTOR mention of his Annunciation in Santo Spirito in Florence)

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.792 (Cleveland Museum of Art page for "Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Angels") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewworkman (talk • contribs) 02:09, 21 February 2017 (UTC)