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Drawing for Buontalenti's Model for the Facade of S. Maria del Fiore of Florence
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Drawing for Buontalenti's Model for the Facade of S. Maria del Fiore of Florence

Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) | Bernardo Buontalenti (Bernardo delle Girandole)

1589

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and blue-green washes

Tags

ArchitectureBuildings

Dimensions

sheet: 16 1/2 x 15 in. (41.9 x 38.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Herbert Mitchell, 1966

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)

1559–1613

Successful artist whose work represents the stylistic cross-currents of the transitional period between Mannerism and Baroque. Known for his sensuous color and dramatic use of light and shade. He was one of the most influential artists in 17th-century Florence, reacting against the artificiality of Mannerism and introducing a new clarity and naturalism attuned to the Counter-Reformation to create a distinctively Florentine Baroque style. His architecture unites the fantasy of Bernardo Buontalenti with a purer and more conservative classicism. He won great fame in both Florence and Rome, where shortly before his death he was named as a Knight of Malta by Pope Paul V Borghese. Comment on works: Religious

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