Benozzo Gozzoli (; born Benozzo di Lese; 4 October 1497) was an

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from

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. A pupil of

Fra Angelico Fra Angelico, O.P. (; ; born Guido di Pietro; 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his ''Lives of the Artists'' as having "a rare and perfect talent" ...

, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the

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of the

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, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced

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influence. The chapel's

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cycle reveals a new

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interest in nature with its realistic depiction of landscapes and vivid human portraits. Gozzoli is considered one of the most prolific fresco

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of his generation. While he was mainly active in

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, he also worked in

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and

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.Ailsa Turner. "Gozzoli, Benozzo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 June 2016

Biography

Apprenticeship

Gozzoli was born Benozzo di Lese, son of a tailor, in the village of

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around 1421. His family moved to nearby

in 1427. According to the 16th century Italian biographer

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

, Gozzoli was a pupil and assistant of

in the early part of his career. Gozzoli assisted Angelico in the execution of fresco decorations in the dormitory cells of the Convent of San Marco in Florence. Established contributions here include ''

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'' in

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and the '' Women at the Tomb'' in a larger depiction of the ''Resurrection of Christ'' in cell 8. Like many other Early Renaissance painters, Benozzo was initially trained as a goldsmith as well as a painter. Between 1444 and 1447, he was therefore able to collaborate with

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on the famous Gates of Paradise of the

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On 23 May 1447, Benozzo was with

, to where they were called by

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to carry out fresco decorations in a chapel in the

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. This chapel was later demolished, so nothing of these works remains. He then accompanied Angelico to

, where they decorated a chapel vault in the ''Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio'' in the

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. Due to political complications in the city, they completed only two of the four vault webs and were again summoned to the Vatican, where the pair worked for

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in the

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until June 1448. Gozzoli is assumed to have made significant contributions in the chapel's frescoes. Furthermore, the attribution of a 1449 ''Madonna and Child'' ''Giving Blessings'' in the church of

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is disputed between Gozzoli and Fra Angelico. In Rome, Gozzoli also executed a fresco of ''

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'' in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Both Fra Angelico and Lorenzo Ghiberti were to influence much of Gozzoli's work for the rest of his life. From Ghiberti he learned precision in depicting the finest details and how to illustrate a story vividly, while from Fra Angelico, he took his bright color palette, transferring it to the art of fresco painting.

In Umbria

In 1449, Gozzoli left Angelico and moved to Umbria. In the hilltown of

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there is an ''Annunciation'' from 1450, signed OPU BENOT DE FLORENT A In the monastery of San Fortunato, near

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, Gozzoli painted a '' Madonna and Child between St. Francis and St. Bernardine of Siena'', and three other works. One of these, the altarpiece ''

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'', is now in the

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and shows the affinity of Benozzo's early style to Angelico's. In 1450, Gozzoli received his first major independent commission from the monastery of S. Francesco in Montefalco. There, he filled the choir chapel with three registers of episodes from the life of

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and various accessories, including portrait heads of

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and

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. These

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were completed in 1452, and are still marked by the style of Angelico, crossed here and there with a more distinctly Giottesque influence. In the same church, in the chapel of

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, there is a fresco by Gozzoli of the ''Virgin and Saints'', the ''

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'' and other subjects. Gozzoli probably remained at Montefalco (with an interval at

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) until 1456, employing Pier Antonio Mezzastris as an assistant. Then, he went to

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and painted a ''Virgin and Saints'' that is now in the local academy.

Return to Florence

That same year, Benozzo returned to his native city Florence, the epicenter of ''Quattrocento'' art. Between 1459 and 1461, Gozzoli painted what may be considered his most important works, the frescoes in the

of the

. There, in his ''Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem'' and ''Angels in Adoration'', he mastered a combination of complexity and subtlety, portraying a wealthy scene that encompasses realistic depictions of nature and vivid human portraits. In his '' Journey of the Magi'', Gozzoli incorporated numerous portraits of his

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patrons, their allies and prominent contemporary figures. Furthermore, he also included his self-portrait in the procession, with his name written around the rim of his cap. His frescoes in the Magi Chapel brought Gozzoli a great amount of fame and ensured him of new important commissions. One of these was an altarpiece for the Confraternity of the Purification in Florence, originally housed in the Convent of San Marco. The ''Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels and Saints'' that he produced between 1461 and 1462 for this occasion is now housed in the

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. This has additional references: *Vasari, Crowe and Cavalcaselle, and the other ordinary authorities, can be consulted as to the career of Gozzoli. * A separate ''Life'' of him, by H. Stokes, was published in 1903 in Newne's Art library.

Late years in Tuscany

San Gimignano

In 1463, likely in fear of the plague, Gozzoli left Florence for

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, where he executed some extensive works. Most prominent of these is his seventeen-panel

cycle on ''The Life of

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'', covering the entire apsidal chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino. In that same church Gozzoli also completed a composition of ''St. Sebastian Protecting the City from the Plague'', in which he depicted St. Sebastian fully clothed and unhurt, thereby going against iconographic canon. In 1465, at the town's heart in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Gozzoli furthermore painted a fresco of the '' Martyrdom of Sebastian''. He stayed in San Gimignano until 1467, completing some further works in the city and its vicinity.

Pisa

In 1469, Gozzoli moved to Pisa and began working on his most extensive commission: the vast series of mural paintings in the Campo Santo edifice of

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. There, he depicted twenty-four subjects from the

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, ranging from the ''Invention of Wine by Noah'' to the ''Visit of the

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''. He was contracted to paint three subjects per year for about ten ducats each. It appears, however, that this contract was not strictly adhered to, for the actual rate of painting was only three pictures in two years. Perhaps the great multitude of figures and accessories was accepted as a set-off against the slower rate of production. By January 1470 he had executed the fresco of ''Noah and his Family'', followed by the ''Curse of Ham'', the ''Building of the

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'' (which contains portraits of

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, the young Lorenzo,

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and others), the ''Destruction of Sodom'', the ''Victory of Abraham'', the ''Marriages of Rebecca and of Rachel'', the ''Life of Moses'', etc. In the Cappella Ammannati, facing a gate of the Campo Santo, he also painted an ''

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'', wherein appears a portrait of himself. All this enormous mass of work, in which Benozzo was probably assisted by Zanobi Machiavelli, was performed, in addition to several other pictures during his stay in Pisa (including the ''Glory of

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'', now in the Louvre), in sixteen years, lasting up to 1485. This is the latest date which can with certainty be assigned to any work from his hand. Gozzoli died in

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in 1497, perhaps of a pestilence. In 1478, as a token of their regard, the Pisan authorities had given him a tomb in the Campo Santo. He likewise had a house of his own in Pisa, and houses and land in Florence.

Trivia

* The painters Francesco, Gerolamo, and

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were his sons and assisted him on various commissions. * The ''Master of the Small Figures'' identified by Longhi is the same painter called ''Alunno di Benozzo'' (pupil of Benozzo) by

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by Norman E. Land, page 29-33.

Works

*'' Women at the Tomb'' (1440–1441) – Fresco,

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, Florence *''

'' (1440–1441) – Fresco,

, Florence * Gates of Paradise (1444–1447, collaboration) – Gilded bronze doors, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence * Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio (1447, collaboration) – Fresco,

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(1447–1449, collaboration) – Fresco,

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''The Virgin and Child with Angels''
(1447–1450) – Tempera on wood, 29.2 x 21.6 cm,

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* ''Madonna and Child Giving Blessings'' (1449) – Tempera on silk on a wooden mount, 254 x 130 cm,

*'' St. Anthony of Padua'' (1450) – Panel,

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, Rome *'' Madonna and Child between St Francis and St Bernardine of Siena'' (1450) – Fresco, San Fortunato,

*''St Fortunatus Enthroned'' (1450) – Fresco, 200 x 110 cm, San Fortunato, Montefalco *''Madonna and Child'' (1450) – Fresco, 250 x 135 cm, San Fortunato, Montefalco *''

'' (1450–1452) – Tempera on panel, 133 x 164 cm,

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, Vatican City *''Madonna and Child Surrounded by Saints'' (1452) – Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''The Departure of St Jerome from Antioch'' (1452) – Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''St Jerome Pulling a Thorn from a Lion's Paw'' (1452) – Fresco, Cappella di San Gerolamo, San Francesco, Montefalco *''Madonna and Child with Sts Francis and Bernardine, and Fra Jacopo ''() – Tempera on panel, 34 x 54 cm,

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*''Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist, Peter, Jerome, and Paul'' (1456) – Tempera on panel, 122 x 212 cm,

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*'' Procession of the Magi'' (1459–1460) – Frescoes,

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, Florence *''Madonna and Child'' () – Tempera on panel, 84.8 x 50.6 cm,

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*''The Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels and Saints'' (1461–1462) – Tempera on panel, 161.9 x 170.2 cm, National Gallery, London *''St. Dominic Reuscitates Napoleone Orsini'' (1461) – Tempera on panel, 25 x 35 cm,

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*''Fall of Simon Magus'' (1461–1462) – Tempera on panel, 24 x 35,5 cm,

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, London *''The Dance of Salome'' (1461–1462) – Tempera on panel, 23.8 x 34.3 cm,

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*''Histories of St. Augustine'' (1464–1465) – Frescoes, Sant'Agostino,

*''Four Evangelists'' (1464–1465) – Fresco, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *''Saints'' (1464–1465) – Frescoes, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *'' St. Sebastian Intercessor'' (1464–1466) – Fresco, 527 x 248 cm, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano *''Martyrdom of St Sebastian'' (1465) – Tempera on panel, 525 x 378 cm,

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, San Gimignano *'' Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine'' (1466) – Tempera on panel, 90 x 50 cm, Palazzo Gazzoli, Pinacoteca Comunale,

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*''Madonna and Child between Sts. Andrew and Prosper'' (''

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''; 1466) – Tempera on panel, 137 x 138 cm, Museo Civico, San Gimignano *''Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas'' (1471) – Tempera on panel, 230 x 102 cm,

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*''The Vintage and Drunkenness of Noah'' (1469–1484) – Fresco, Campo Santo,

*''Histories of the Holy Virgin'', Tabernacle with the ''Madonna della Tosse'' (1484) – Transferred frescoes, Museo Benozzo Gozzoli di

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Deposition of Christ The Descent from the Cross (, ''Apokathelosis''), or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion (John 19, ). I ...

'' (1491) – Also called ''Descent from the Cross''. Oil on canvas, 180 x 300 cm, Museo Horne, Florence.

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* Dale Kent, ''Cosimo de' Medici and the Florentine Renaissance'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000). * Franco Cardini, ''The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici'' (Firenze: Mandragora, 2001). * Roger J. Crum, "Roberto Martelli, the

Council of Florence The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1445. It was convened in territories under the Holy Roman Empire. Italy became a venue of a Catholic ecumenical council aft ...

, and the Medici Palace Chapel", ''Zeitschrift & Kunstgeschichte'', 59 (1996). * Benozzo Gozzoli a San Gimignano, a cura di Gerardo de Simone, Cristina Borgioli, exhib. catal. (San Gimignano, Pinacoteca & Museo d’Arte Sacra, 18 June-1 November 2016), Firenze, Giunti, 2016

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Life of St. Augustine Frescoes with Narrative ExplanationMuseo Benozzo Gozzoli
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gozzoli, Benozzo 1420s births 1497 deaths People from Scandicci Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Florence Quattrocento painters Italian Roman Catholics Italian male painters 15th-century people from the Republic of Florence 15th-century Italian painters Catholic painters Date of birth unknown