St Francis Stigmata Federico Barocci 1585
St. Francis receiving the Stigmata by Federico Barocci (1585), oil on canvas.
Federico Barocci was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and influential, and foreshadows the Baroque of Rubens. He is generally considered the greatest and the most individual painter of his time in central Italy.
Inspired by a wide range of Renaissance masters, including Raphael, Correggio, Jacopo Tintoretto, and Titian, Barocci developed a unique style that combined extraordinary colour with figures in dynamic and dramatic poses. His visionary works are characterised by warmth of feeling and profound spirituality.
A dedicated draughtsman, Barocci adopted entirely new approaches to drawing, which allowed him to develop some unusual painterly techniques. Because of his love of colour, he drew in a range of tones and textures, being the first Italian artist to systematically use coloured pastels and oils as part of the preparatory process.
He produced elaborate compositional studies, a wide variety of sketches of posed studio models, and drawings based on observations of the surrounding landscape. During his time these studies also began to gain recognition as works of art in their own right.
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