Apollonio di GIOVANNI, (Florence 1415 / 1417-1465)
The Virgin and Child between Saint Francis and Saint Michael, circa 1445-1450
Egg paint and gold on wood panel
47 x 35 cm - 18 1/2 X 13 3/4 IN.
Private collection
There remains a hint of the Gothic spirit of the Gothic in the dancing attitude of Saint Michael and the somewhat manicured gesture of his left hand, while the corpulence of the Virgin, that of the Child, the treatment in perspective of his halo testify to Apollonio's sensitivity to the new Renaissance language. To these elements of style, are added the gestures and the expressive glances of the characters who create the animation of a true dialogue, giving to this work its liveliness. More on this work
Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 – 3 October
1226), was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He
founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the
Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one
of the most venerated religious figures in history.
In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the Sultan
to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades. By this point, the Franciscan
Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure
was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order. In 1224,
he received the stigmata, during the apparition of Seraphic angels in a
religious ecstasy making him the first recorded person to bear the wounds of
Christ's Passion. More on Saint Francis of Assisi
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran
traditions, he is called "Saint Michael the Archangel" and
"Saint Michael". In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox
traditions, he is called "Taxiarch Archangel Michael" or simply
"Archangel Michael".
Michael is
mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a "great prince who
stands up for the children of your people". The idea that Michael was the
advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical
prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his
people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.
In the New
Testament Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of
Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of
Jude Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael".
Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century, when he was first
seen as a healing angel, and then over time as a protector and the leader of
the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to
Archangel Michael were widespread both in the Eastern and Western Churches.
Over time, teachings on Michael began to vary among Christian denominations. More Archangel Michael
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (1414 – 1465), was an Italian painter. He was born in Florence and is also known as the "Master of the Jarves Cassone". Apollonio di Giovanni was recorded in Florence 1446 where he ran a workshop specialised in producing wedding chests known as cassoni and other such furniture. He died in 1465. He worked in partnership with the woodworker Marco del Buono Giamberti, whose son became Apollonio's pupil and heir.
His style was directly inspired by the compositions of Fra Angelico and other Florentines like Fra Filippo Lippi , Paolo Veneziano , Paolo Uccello and Gentile da Fabriano . His late works date back 15 years before his death: the miniatures for the Bucoliche , the Georgiche and the Aeneid of Virgil ( Biblioteca Riccardiana , Florence), the faces of the chests with the scenes of the Aeneid , two chests of the Odissea (Chicago Art Institute, and Frick Collection at the Fogg Museum). More on Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
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