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Barocci, Federico - Biography & Artworks | Artheon Museum

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Portrait of Barocci, Federico

Barocci, Federico

1528–1612

Nationality: Duchy of Urbino

Born: 1528, Urbino

Died: 1612, Urbino

Gender: male

Movements

Renaissance

Occupations

engraver

painter

draftsperson

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Biography

Italian miniaturist and painter who specialized in alterpieces. He worked in the Vatican for Pope Pius IV, where an attempt was made to murder him by poison. In injured health as a result, he returned to Urbino and died there. Comment on works: Religious

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Notable Works

Circumcision
Descent from the Cross
Communion of the Apostles
Presentation of Virgin Mary at the Temple
Head of a Shepherd, study for The Circumcision
Madonna of the people
Visitation

Artworks

36 artworks

The Annunciation

The Annunciation

ca. 1600

Christ calling Saint Andrew, who kneels before him on a beach, and Saint Peter, who climbs out of a boat at right

Christ calling Saint Andrew, who kneels before him on a beach, and Saint Peter, who climbs out of a boat at right

1590

The Entombment

1589

The Ascension, with Christ standing atop a rock at center

The Ascension, with Christ standing atop a rock at center

ca. 1593

Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, angels overhead

Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, angels overhead

ca. 1593

The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross

1606

The Entombment of Christ, with the instruments of the passion in the foreground right and the three crosses in the background at top

The Entombment of Christ, with the instruments of the passion in the foreground right and the three crosses in the background at top

ca. 1595

The Visitation, the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth embracing in the center, flanked by other figures, after Barocci

The Visitation, the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth embracing in the center, flanked by other figures, after Barocci

1589

The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist

The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist

1593

Saint Francis

ca. 1600–1604

The Rest on the Return from Egypt

The Rest on the Return from Egypt

1575

The Rest on the Return from Egypt

The Rest on the Return from Egypt

1575

The Holy Family

The Holy Family

1577

The Annunciation

The Annunciation

ca. 1585

The Virgin seated on a cloud

The Virgin seated on a cloud

1580–84

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

1595

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

1584–86

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Lower Left (Nicodemus)

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Lower Left (Nicodemus)

1579–82

Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right

Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right

1565

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

1592–99

Hoofd van jongen

Hoofd van jongen

Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi

Ontmoeting van Maria en Elisabeth

Ontmoeting van Maria en Elisabeth

Kinderkopje