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MARTINO ROTA ( CIRCA 1520-1583) antes de la intervención de Daniele da Volterra, el «Braghettone» en el El Juicio Final (Capilla Sixtina) de Miguel Ángel
Portrait of a Man, by Daniele da Volterra, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
4 aprile 1566: muore Daniele da Volterra
4 aprile 1566: muore Daniele da Volterra
Il 4 aprile del 1566, due anni dopo la mia morte, anche Daniele da Volterra passò a miglior vita. Aveva imparato i primi rudimenti della pittura dal Sodoma, da Baldassarre Peruzzi e infine da Pierin del Vaga prima di venire da me a Roma. La prima commissione importante a cui poté metter mano furono gli affreschi della Cappella Orsini all’interno della chiesa di Trinità dei Monti, avviati nel…
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By Martina Bollini
Mannerist painter and sculptor Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra died on 4 April 1566 in Rome. Daniele initially trained with the Sienese painter Sodoma, and then with Baldassarre Peruzzi and Perin del Vaga in Rome. Here, Daniele befriended Michelangelo, whose influence marked his whole career. Their relationship drew much criticism on Daniele’s account, although it was not based on a passive imitation of Michelangelo’s style: Daniele indeed posed as the artist’s second self. Buonarroti helped him gaining prestigious commissions and provided him with drawings, which Daniele used as starting points for his own inventions, as in the case of the Orsini Chapel in Trinità dei Monti. The only known surviving part of the decoration is the altarpiece of the Deposition.
In 1547 Daniele succeeded Perino in the Sala Regia, but with Paul III’s death he lost the commission and the decoration was later completed by others. Daniele’s major works also include the Della Rovere chapel in Trinità dei Monti, the Massacre of the Innocents for the Church of Saint Peter in Volterra (now in Florence), and David Killing Goliath, a two-sided painting long attributed to Michelangelo. Upon the latter’s death (1564), Daniele was assigned the task to cover the nudities of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, earning the infamous nickname of Il Braghettone (“The Breeches Maker”).
In his late career Daniele devoted himself to sculpture, working on a bronze equestrian statue of Henry II of France (unfinished) and on a series of bronze busts of Michelangelo.
Further reading: Morten Steen Hansen, In Michelangelo's Mirror: Perino del Vaga, Daniele da Volterra, Pellegrino Tibaldi, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013.
Deposition, c. 1545, Trinità dei Monti, Rome.
Madonna with Child, young Saint John the Baptist and Saint Barbara, c. 1548, Casa Pannocchieschi d'Elci, Siena.
Massacre of the Innocents, 1557, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
David killing Goliath, 1550-1555, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1555, Della Rovere Chapel, Trinità dei Monti, Rome.
Bust of Michelangelo, 1562-1564, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Florence.
SPOCCHIA D'ARTISTA.
Nel 1565, per far seguito ai dettami sul decoro delle immagini imposti dal Concilio tridentino, fu chiamato a coprire i nudi nel Giudizio Universale di Michelangelo, nella cappella Sistina, il pittore toscano Daniele da Volterra (1509-1566). Tale compito gli valse l'epiteto di "Braghettone". Ma non finì qui. nel parlare del Giudizio in una delle sue Satire, Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) si espresse in questi termini:
"E pure era un error si brutto, e grande / Che Danielle di poi fece da sarto / In quel Giudizio a lavorar mutande."
Povero Daniele! Che reputazione!!!
Nell'immagine: Michelangelo Buonarroti (con le 'correzioni' di Daniele da Volterra), "Giudizio Universale", Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Cappella Sistina, dettaglio.