Monday, May 27, 2019

Orazio Samacchini (1532-1577) - Bologna and Rome

Orazio Samacchini
Allegory of Wisdom
before 1577
oil on canvas
private collection

Orazio Samacchini
Allegorical Composition
before 1577
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Orazio Samacchini
Angels and Putti in Clouds
ca. 1575
drawing
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Orazio Samacchini
Angel in Flight
before 1577
drawing
British Museum

"Born in Bologna in 1532, Orazio Samacchini's first recorded independent work was a Last Supper painted in 1560 for the church of San Francesco in his native city.  He went on to become, along with Prospero Fontana and Lorenzo Sabatini, one of the leading exponents of Bolognese Mannerism.  Having completed his training, most probably under Pellegrino Tibaldi, Samacchini made a trip early in his career to Rome.  Payments to the artist there are recorded in 1563 and 1564 for his work, together with Taddeo Zuccaro, on the Sala Regia in the Apostolic Palace and the Vatican Belvedere, both for Pope Pius IV.  This formative experience in the papal city stayed with the artist on his return to Bologna, with his works retaining a sense of Roman Mannerism.  He went on to carry out commissions not only in his native city but also for the Duomo in Parma and Sant'Abbondio in Cremona."

– from biographical notes published by Bonham's, London

Orazio Samacchini
Risen Christ
before 1577
oil on panel
National Trust, Hatchlands Park, Surrey

Orazio Samacchini
Madonna and Child in a Glory of Music-making Angels, with the Magdalen and St Petronius
before 1577
oil on panel
National Trust, Saltram House, Devon

Orazio Samacchini
Annunciation
1572
oil on panel
Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo dei Domenicani, Forlì

Orazio Samacchini
Holy Family with St Catherine of Alexandria, St Margaret of Antioch and St Francis of Assisi
ca. 1570-75
oil on panel
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Orazio Samacchini
St James the Greater and St Catherine of Alexandria
ca. 1565
oil on metal
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Orazio Samacchini
St John the Baptist
before 1577
oil on panel
private collection

Orazio Samacchini
Virgin and Child with infant St John the Baptist
before 1577
oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Orazio Samacchini
Sibyl with Putto
before 1577
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Orazio Samacchini
Prophet with Putto
before 1577
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Orazio Samacchini
Seated Prophet with Angel and Two Putti
1575-76
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Orazio Samacchini
Cupid overcoming Pan
before 1577
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago