Monday, May 27, 2019

Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615) - Parma and Modena

attributed to Bartolomeo Schedoni
Head of a Man
before 1615
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Bartolomeo Schedoni
The Deposition
1613
oil on canvas
Galleria Nazionale di Parma

Bartolomeo Schedoni
The Three Marys at the Tomb
1613
oil on canvas
Galleria Nazionale di Parma

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Diana and Actaeon
before 1615
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

"Schedoni was the son of a maskmaker employed at the ducal courts of Modena and Parma.  He was precociously gifted as an artist and in 1595 was sent by the Duke of Parma to train with Federico Zuccaro in Rome.  By 1597 he was officially in the Duke's employ as a painter.  However, after a short spell in prison because of his disorderly conduct he left Parma for Modena, where he became court painter to Cesare d'Este.  In 1607 he returned to Parma and worked almost exclusively for Duke Ranuccio I Farnese.  Schedoni's works show a clear debt to Correggio and Parmigianino, but he was also receptive to the innovations of the Carracci.  The contrast between Schedoni's delicate and refined style and his unruly life has often been noted."

– curator's notes from the National Gallery, London

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Marriage of the Virgin
ca. 1606
oil on panel
Palazzo dei Musei, Modena

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Holy Family
ca. 1611-15
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Holy Family
ca. 1611-15
engraving
Harvard Art Museums

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Holy Family with the young St John the Baptist
before 1615
oil on panel
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Coronation of the Virgin
ca. 1608-1610
oil on panel
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Study for The Charity of St Elizabeth
ca. 1610
oil on canvas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Study for figure of St Joseph
before 1615
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Turbaned Figures
before 1615
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Beggar
ca. 1610-15
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Bartolomeo Schedoni
Winged Boy
ca. 1600
drawing
Philadelphia Museum of Art