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Joseph And Potiphar's Wife (Properzia De' Rossi)
''Joseph and Potiphar's Wife'' is the only securely attributed work in marble completed by Properzia de' Rossi, the only woman artist in the Italian Renaissance mentioned in the first edition of Giorgio Vasari's ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.'' Despite her inclusion, there is not much information documenting the artist's progression of skill, or who she trained under, leading up to the creation of ''Joseph and Potiphar's wife''. Instead, the artist faced much social backlash surrounding the scandalous imagery and Vasari's own account of the artist's personal connection to the artwork. Background The public sculptural work was carved as one of the artist's large-scale projects through a commission for San Petronio, Bologna, San Petronio, a basilica in Bologna, following her success from her early beginnings of carving peach-pits and plum-stones. She gained the commission through her unnamed husband, who vouched for her to the wardens of the cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Properzia De' Rossi
Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490 – 1530) was a female Italian Renaissance sculptor and one of only four women to receive a biography in Giorgio Vasari, Vasari's ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Lives of the Artists.'' Biography Properzia de' Rossi was born in Bologna; she was the daughter of Giovanni Martino Rossi da Modena, a notary. Unusually for early modern female artists, she was not the daughter of an artist. She appears to have studied painting, music, dance, poetry, and classical literature. She is also said to have studied with a sculptor at the University of Bologna."Properzia de Rossi." CLARA Database of Women Artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2008. Web. 13 February 2017. Vasari stated she was expert in "household matters" as well as many sciences and played and sang "better than any other woman of her city." Undecided in her youth as to which outlet of self-expression she wanted to pursue, she found her direction when she t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |