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Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo (called Il Garofalo because of his supposed birthplace Garofalo) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance. He also bears the name because some of his works are decorated with a small carnation (garofalo).
He was trained by the Renaissance painter Domenico Panetti, during which time he also worked with the famous Italian painter Dosso Dossi. He then moved to Cremona, where he worked for the local artist Boccaccio Boccaccino and learned the Emilian style. This also initiated him into the colour style of Venetian art. He then moved to Bologna to work for Lorenzo Costa dem Älteren, another important Italian Renaissance artist, in whose workshop he worked. In Ferrara he worked again alongside Dosso Dossi and his brother Battista. There he also painted frescoes in Palazzo Costabili, as well as the ceiling painting on the ground floor. In 1512 he travelled to Rome to the royal court of Pope Julius II and met one of the greatest masters of all times, Raphael. He is said to have worked with him on the Vatican rooms. Inspired by his classical style, he returned to Ferrara to work for Duke Alfonso I d'Este, one of the greatest patrons of the Renaissance period. Many of the works of art are to be found in the numerous churches in Ferrara. Around 1520 he is said to have had the painter and architect Girolamo da Carpi as an apprentice, and with him he worked for a whole 20 years on projects in Ferrara. During this time Il Garofalo became blind in one eye. The main focus of his work was on altarpieces and religious motifs, such as frescoes of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
His earlier known works include "Madonna with Child", "Poseidon and Pallade" and the "Madonna del Baldacchino", which were created around 1510. Around 1519 and 1529 he worked on his most famous works: for the Church of San Francesco he created the "Slaughter of the Innocents", for the Dominican Church in Ferrara the "Martyrdom of Peter". The "Procession of the Knights" he painted in Rome for the Palazzo Colonna, his work "Annunciation" is also in Rome, in the Pinacoteca Capitolina. His "Allegory of Love" and "Agony in the Garden" are now in the National Gallery in London.
Benvenuto Tisi soon became completely blind and finally died in 1559, years before that he had already provided for his burial niche, where his wife was already buried. Centuries later his remains were transferred to another cemetery, where a monument was erected in his honour by the sculptor Angelo Conti.
Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo (called Il Garofalo because of his supposed birthplace Garofalo) was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance. He also bears the name because some of his works are decorated with a small carnation (garofalo).
He was trained by the Renaissance painter Domenico Panetti, during which time he also worked with the famous Italian painter Dosso Dossi. He then moved to Cremona, where he worked for the local artist Boccaccio Boccaccino and learned the Emilian style. This also initiated him into the colour style of Venetian art. He then moved to Bologna to work for Lorenzo Costa dem Älteren, another important Italian Renaissance artist, in whose workshop he worked. In Ferrara he worked again alongside Dosso Dossi and his brother Battista. There he also painted frescoes in Palazzo Costabili, as well as the ceiling painting on the ground floor. In 1512 he travelled to Rome to the royal court of Pope Julius II and met one of the greatest masters of all times, Raphael. He is said to have worked with him on the Vatican rooms. Inspired by his classical style, he returned to Ferrara to work for Duke Alfonso I d'Este, one of the greatest patrons of the Renaissance period. Many of the works of art are to be found in the numerous churches in Ferrara. Around 1520 he is said to have had the painter and architect Girolamo da Carpi as an apprentice, and with him he worked for a whole 20 years on projects in Ferrara. During this time Il Garofalo became blind in one eye. The main focus of his work was on altarpieces and religious motifs, such as frescoes of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
His earlier known works include "Madonna with Child", "Poseidon and Pallade" and the "Madonna del Baldacchino", which were created around 1510. Around 1519 and 1529 he worked on his most famous works: for the Church of San Francesco he created the "Slaughter of the Innocents", for the Dominican Church in Ferrara the "Martyrdom of Peter". The "Procession of the Knights" he painted in Rome for the Palazzo Colonna, his work "Annunciation" is also in Rome, in the Pinacoteca Capitolina. His "Allegory of Love" and "Agony in the Garden" are now in the National Gallery in London.
Benvenuto Tisi soon became completely blind and finally died in 1559, years before that he had already provided for his burial niche, where his wife was already buried. Centuries later his remains were transferred to another cemetery, where a monument was erected in his honour by the sculptor Angelo Conti.