Angel

religious

This painting is one of the painted side panels Franciabigio contributed to frame Nanni Unghero's wooden statue on the San Niccol da Tolentino altar in S. Spirito. The two flamboyant angels reveal Franciabigio's distinctive lexicon with their proto-Baroque sensibility and deep pathos painted in excited, jagged contours, combined with the strong raking light and almost smoldering atmosphere.

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About the Artist

Franciabigio

1482 – 1525

Franciabigio (Francesco di Cristofano) was a Florentine painter, a minor master of the High Renaissance style. He was a pupil of Marinotto Albertinelli and collaborated with Andrea del Sarto (on the frescoes in the Annunziata church in Florence), who was the dominant influence on his style, as may be seen in his frescoes of this Convent. His best works are generally considered to be his portraits.

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