Giovanni di Paolo
Dreamlike Sienese style with elongated forms
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts. He was one of the most important painters of the 15th century Sienese School. His early works show the influence of earlier Sienese masters, but his later style was more individual, characterized by cold, harsh colours and elongated forms. His style also took on the influence of International Gothic artists such as Gentile da Fabriano. Many of his works have an unusual dreamlike atmosphere, such as the surrealistic Miracle of St. Nicholas of Tolentino painted about 1455 and now housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while his last works, particularly Last Judgment, Heaven, and Hell from about 1465 and Assumption painted in 1475, both at Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena), are grotesque treatments of their lofty subjects. Giovanni's reputation declined after his death but was revived in the 20th century.
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Master student
- Charles Louis Clérisseau Student
- Domenico Fiasella Student
- Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli Student
- Valerio Castello Student
Influenced by
- Gentile da Fabriano Influenced_by
Influenced
Artworks by this artist (35 total)
- The Adoration of the Magi 1440-45
- The Blessed Andrea Gallerani (died 1251) 1447-65
- The Annunciation to Zacharias ca. 1455-60
- The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist 1455-60
- Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ
- Saint Ambrose 1465-70
- Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Agnes ca. 1465
- Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret ca. 1470
- The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena
- St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar 1460s
- The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena
- Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness 1455-60
- The Presentation of Christ in the Temple ca. 1435
- Ecce Agnus Dei 1455-60
- Saint Catherine of Siena Beseeching Christ to Resuscitate Her Mother ca. 1447-65
- St. Thomas Aquinas Confounding Averroës 1445-50
- Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata ca. 1447-65
- The Crucifixion c. 1447
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
- Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor ca. 1445