Domenico Beccafumi, also called Domenico di Pace

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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486 – 1551)

• Was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter.
• He was active predominantly in Siena.
• He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting.
• Domenico was born in Montaperti, near Siena.
• He was the son of Giacomo di Pace, a peasant who worked on the estate of Lorenzo Beccafumi.
• Seeing his talent for drawing, Lorenzo adopted him, and commended him to learn painting from Mechero.
• In 1509 he traveled to Rome, where he learned from the artists who had just done their first work in the Vatican, but soon returned to Siena.
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Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1513-15

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1513-15

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena, c. 1513-15

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena, c. 1513-15

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Tanaquil from Classical Heroines from a Sienese Bedchamber, about 1519

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Tanaquil from Classical Heroines from a Sienese Bedchamber, about 1519

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Charity suckling a Child and Surrounded by Three Children Playing with a Dog and Hobby Horses, c. 1525

Original, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Visited in 2018.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Charity suckling a Child and Surrounded by Three Children Playing with a Dog and Hobby Horses, c. 1525

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, The Holy Family with Angels, c. 1545-1550

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, The Holy Family with Angels, c. 1545-1550

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Mary with the Child and the Boy Of St. John, c. 1507

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, The Holy Family with the Infant St John, ca. 1515

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1510

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1510

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1510

Domenico Beccafumi, The Miracle of St. Michael on Mt. Gargano, c. 1526-1528

Original, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Visited in 2020.

Domenico Beccafumi, The Miracle of St. Michael on Mt. Gargano, c. 1526-1528

Domenico Beccafumi, The Appearance of St. Michael on the Castel Sant’Angelo to Pope Gregory the Great, c. 1526-1528

Original, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Visited in 2020.

Domenico Beccafumi, The Appearance of St. Michael on the Castel Sant’Angelo to Pope Gregory the Great, c. 1526-1528

Domenico Beccafumi, St. Francis, St. Anthony, St. Bernardine, 1537

Domenico Beccafumi, St. Francis receiving the stigmata, 1537

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenico Beccafumi, St. Francis receiving the stigmata, 1537

Domenico Beccafumi, The Preaching of St. Bernardine of Siena, 1537

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenico Beccafumi, The Preaching of St. Bernardine of Siena, 1537

Domenico Beccafumi, Saint Anthony and the miracle of the mule, 1537

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Domenico Beccafumi, Saint Anthony and the miracle of the mule, 1537