Rosso Fiorentino

Il Rosso, by Giorgio Vasari

Years of life:	1494 – 1540
Artist's Teachers:	Andrea del Sarto
Art Movement:	Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Painting School:	Florentine School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious , Mythology
Country:	Italy
Century:	XVI

His real name was Giovanni Battista di Jacopo. An unconventional, eccentric painter, devoid of the convention. Extremely talented, one of the first Mannerists, a pupil of Andrea del Sarto. One of the founders of Fontainebleau school. He was born and worked in Florence, then in Venice, Rome, and France. Painter of a large number of religious scenes (famous for his Musical Angel, now in the Uffizi), as well as excellent portraits. He worked in the stucco technique and decorated the palace in Fontainebleau with painting and stucco decorations. He was court painter to Francis I from 1532 to 1537; he died in Paris.

Rosso Fiorentino’s major works are Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Letter, 1518 (London: National Gallery); Musical Angel, c. 1520 (Florence: Galleria degli Uffizi); The Virgin and Child with Angels, c. 1522 (St. Petersburg: Hermitage Museum).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Portrait of a Man in Black

1520

Portrait of a Man in Black • 1520
The Dead Christ with Angels

about 1524 - 1527

The Dead Christ with Angels • about 1524 - 1527
Playing putto (bad filename)

1518

Playing putto (bad filename) • 1518
Spedalingo Altarpiece

1521

Spedalingo Altarpiece • 1521
Portrait of man with a Helmet

1529

Portrait of man with a Helmet • 1529
Cappella cesi, expelled from the earthly paradise

1524

Cappella cesi, expelled from the earthly paradise • 1524
Cesi chapel, creation of Eva

1524

Cesi chapel, creation of Eva • 1524
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

1521

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist • 1521
Saint John the Baptist

1521

Saint John the Baptist • 1521
The Death of Cleopatra

1525

The Death of Cleopatra • 1525
Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter

1518

Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter • 1518
Portrait of a Young Man Seated on a Carpet

1525

Portrait of a Young Man Seated on a Carpet • 1525
Descent from the Cross (Deposition from the Cross)

1521

Descent from the Cross (Deposition from the Cross) • 1521
Portrait of a Man

1522

Portrait of a Man • 1522
Betrothal of the Virgin

1523

Betrothal of the Virgin • 1523
Compassion

between 1537 and 1540

Compassion • between 1537 and 1540
Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro

1523–1524

Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro • 1523–1524
A Young Man

between 1517 and 1518

A Young Man • between 1517 and 1518
Risen Christ

between 1528 and 1530

Risen Christ • between 1528 and 1530
Assumption of the Virgin

1517

Assumption of the Virgin • 1517
Madonna Enthroned between Two Saints

1521

Madonna Enthroned between Two Saints • 1521
Madonna Enthroned and Ten Saints

1522

Madonna Enthroned and Ten Saints • 1522
Madonna and Child with Putti

1522

Madonna and Child with Putti • 1522
Portrait of a young Man in black

1520

Portrait of a young Man in black • 1520