Defendente Ferrari
Paintings
Madonna and Child
Saint Jerome in a rocky wooded landscape
King Solomon
The twelve year old Christ in the Temple
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Madonna and Child
Defendente Ferrari (c. 1480/1485 – c. 1540) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont.
Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin, and worked in the workshop of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti.
He met considerable success as a painter of polyptychs and altarpieces, characterized by a highly decorative style inspired by Northern Europe masters.
Selected works
Triptych (1507) - in the Sacra di San Michele, Piedmont
Nativity (1511) - Church of St. John, Avigliana, Italy
Polyptych of Sant'Ivo - Galleria Sabauda, Turin
Bianzè Polypthych - Museo Borgogna, Vercelli, Italy
St. Jerome in Penitence - Turin City Museum of Ancient Art
The Mourning of Christ - Cathedral of Chivasso, Italy
Madonna and Child - Galleria Palatina, Pitti Palace, Florence
There are also paintings by this painter in the Chazen Art Museum(Madison,Wisconsin),Denver Art Museum(Denver,Colorado),and the Museum of Fine Arts(Budapest,Hungary)
References
Romano, Giovanni (1996). "Ferrari Defendente". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. rome. pp. 537–541.
Fantino Fabrizio, Defendente Ferrari e la critica d'arte nell'Otto e Novecento, in «Annali di critica d’arte», III, 2007, pp. 175–217.
Fantino Fabrizio, Altare ipsum est munitum icona satis pulcra: i dipinti cinquecenteschi di Gerolamo Giovenone e di Defendente Ferrari, in La chiesa di San Giovanni di Avigliana, a cura di Paolo Nesta, Borgone di Susa, 2011, pp. 149–177.
Fantino Fabrizio, Il Battesimo di Cristo del duomo di Torino e un probabile disegno giovanile di Defendente Ferrari, in Mosaico. Temi e metodi d'arte e di critica per Gianni Carlo Sciolla, 2 voll., a cura di Rosanna Cioffi e Ornella Scognamiglio, Napoli, 2012, I, pp. 33–40.
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