Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Fabrizio Boschi (1572-1642) - Frescoes and Altarpieces

Fabrizio Boschi
Allegorical Figure
1619
exterior façade fresco
Palazzo dell'Antella, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
Allegorical Figure
1619
exterior façade fresco
Palazzo dell'Antella, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
Angel
1619
exterior façade fresco
Palazzo dell'Antella, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
Immaculate Conception with Adam and Eve,
St John the Evangelist and other Saints

ca. 1610
oil on canvas
Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano al Vivaio,
Incisa Valdarno

Fabrizio Boschi
St John the Baptist
ca. 1605-1610
overdoor fresco in courtyard
Certozza del Galluzzo, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
St Lawrence
ca. 1605-1610
overdoor fresco in courtyard
Certozza del Galluzzo, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
St Nicholas of Bari
saving Innocent Soldiers from Execution

ca. 1605-1609
oil on canvas
Certozza del Galluzzo, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
The Last Supper
1619
fresco
Ospedale Bonifacio, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
The Last Supper (detail)
1619
fresco
Ospedale Bonifacio, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
The Last Supper (detail)
1619
fresco
Ospedale Bonifacio, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
The Last Supper (detail)
1619
fresco
Ospedale Bonifacio, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
The Last Supper (detail)
1619
fresco
Ospedale Bonifacio, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
St Bernardino of Siena
carried aloft by Angels

before 1642
oil on canvas
Chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti,
Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
Crucifixion of St Peter
ca. 1631-33
fresco
Basilica di Santa Trinità, Florence

Fabrizio Boschi
St Peter healing a Blind Man
ca. 1631-33
fresco
Basilica di Santa Trinità, Florence

"Fabrizio Boschi, who trained with Passignano in the late 1580s, is known today principally to specialists, but he enjoyed a considerable degree of popularity in the early seicento.  His commissions included frescoes in S. Marco, S. Trinità, and the Casino Mediceo; oil paintings in the Palazzo Pitti and the Casa Buonarroti; and numerous altarpieces in and around Florence.  His identity as a draughtsman remained elusive until the 1960s, when Anna Rosa Masetti and Christel Thiem connected several sheets with his paintings and frescoes [the post following this one will be devoted to drawings by Fabrizio Boschi]."

– Thomas McGrath, from a review article in Apollo (January, 2004)