Jacopo da Sellaio

Jacopo da Sellaio (1442 – 1493), sometimes known as Jacopo di Arcangel, was an eclectic Italian painter from the early Renaissance, who painted in the style of the Florentine School. He was a pupil of Fra Filippo Lippi, with his contemporary Sandro Botticelli, who became a lasting influence on him. [ [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/banquet.html Kren and Marx, Comments on "The Banquet of Ahasuerus" in the Web Gallery of Art, http://gallery.euroweb.hu] ] It is noted that by 1460 he had joined the Confraternity of Saint Luke (Italian: "Compagnia di S Luca") in Florence, and in 1473 he is documented to have shared a studio with Filippo di Giuliano. [ [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/index.html Kren and Marx, Entry on "Jacopo da Sellaio" in the Web Gallery of Art, www.wga.hu] ]

A number of his paintings for decorative chests, or a Cassone (Italian: "cassoni"), survive in collections, such as his "Story of Cupid and Psyche" commissioned for a 15th Century Florentine marriage and depicting the ancient romance of the marriage of the mortal princess, Psyche to the god of love, Cupid. [ [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/collection_pages/italy_pages/M_75/FRM_TXT_SE-M_75.html "The Pharos Collection" Website from the Fitzwilliam Museum of Cambridge University, UK] ] . He executed another wedding cassone, "The Nerli Cassone" in collaboration with Zanobi di Domenico and Biagio d'Antonio in 1472. He executed another wedding cassone, The Nerli Cassone in collaboration with Zanobi di Domenico and Biagio d'Antonio in 1472. His piece now in the Uffizi Gallery, "The Banquet of Ahasuerus", was also painted with two other panels, including, "Esther before Ahasuerus" (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest), for a cassoni.

His small devotional pieces were well known, several of which depicted Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist. He also painted religious works for the church of San Lucia dei Magnoli and the church of San Frediano, both in Florence.

Selected works

*1400s - "Saint Jerome in the Wilderness", Tempera on panel, National Gallery of Athens
*1400s - "The Story of Cupid and Psyche", Tempera with gold on wood Cassone panel, (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/collection_pages/italy_pages/M_75/FRM_TXT_SE-M_75.html]
*1472 - "The Nerli Cassone", Wood Cassone (Chest), decorated with paintings, (Courtauld Institute Galleries, London) [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/cassone.html]
*1480s - "The Reconciliation of the Romans and Sabines", Tempera and gold on panel, (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia) [http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102330.html]
*1480s - "The Adoration of the Magi", Tempera on wood panel, (Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis) [http://www.kressfoundation.org/cgi-bin/kressorg/2templateb.cgi?17&Jacopo+del+Sellaio&works&0]
*1480 - "Saint John the Baptist", Oil on panel, (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/johnbapt.html]
*1480 - "Saint Jerome and Saint Francis", Tempera on wood transferred to masonite, (El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso) [http://www.kressfoundation.org/cgi-bin/kressorg/2templateb.cgi?17&Jacopo+del+Sellaio&works&1]
*1480/85 - "Votive Altarpiece: The Trinity, the Virgin, St. John and Donors", Tempera on panel, (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo) [http://www.nmwa.go.jp/en/pictures/1973-0003.html]
*1485 - "Saint John the Baptist", Tempera on canvas, (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest) [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/baptist.html]
*1485 - "Madonna and Child with the Infant, Saint John the Baptist and Attending Angel", Oil on panel, (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco) [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/index.html]
*1485 - "The Legend of Brutus and Portia", Oil on panel, (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco) [http://www.thinker.org/imagebase_zoom.asp?rec=6235304329530006]
*1490 - "The Banquet of Ahasuerus", Tempera on panel (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/banquet.html]
*1493 - "Madonna and Child with Saints Lucy, Sebastian, John the Baptist and Catherine", Tempera on panel, (Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina) [http://www.ackland.org/tours/sellaio.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/j/jacopo/sellaio/index.html Sellaio Biography at the Web Gallery of Art]