Nicola Filotesio
Nicola Filotesio (9 September 1480 [differing sources give 1489]—31 August 1547 [sources also give 1559]) was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period, active primarily in or near the town of Ascoli Piceno (modern capital of Ascoli Piceno Province in the Marche region).
A native of the town of Amatrice in the Papal State of Latium (modern neighboring Province of Rieti in the Lazio region), Nicola Filotesio also appears in contemporary records as Cola dell'Amatrice or Cola Amatricius. The son of Mariano Filotesio, he trained with Dionisio Cappelli, painted frescoes at Città di Castello and completed, between 1514 and 1535, works of art in Ascoli Piceno.
The date and place of Nicola Filotesio's birth have been historically recorded, but the year has varied within a nine-year period, having been variously indicated as 1480 and 1489. Similarly, the date of his death and the place (Ascoli Piceno) are on record, but the year has varied within a twelve-year range, being given as 1547 or 1559.[1]
Works
- Polyptych, San Bartolomeo alle Piagge church Ascoli Piceno (1509)
- "La Pala dei Campli" (Campli Hall) (1510)
- "La Pala di Falignano" (Falignano Hall) (1512)
- "La Pala di San Vittore" (San Vittore (Saint Victor's) Hall), Amatrice (1514)
- Altar at Chiesa di San Francesco, Ascoli Piceno (1516)
- Front façade at Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo, Ascoli Piceno
- "La sacra famiglia" (The Holy Family), Pinacoteca Vaticana (1519)
- "L'Assunzione e i quattro Santi" (The Assumption and the Four Saints)
- "Madonna col bambino e i Santi G. Battista, Rocco e Sebastiano"
- "Cristo in casa di Marta e Maddalena"
- Restoration of "Cartiera Papale", Ascoli Piceno (1525)
- Restoration of the aqueduct, Ascoli Piceno (1525)
- Façade at the San Bernardino church, L'Aquila (1525)
- Rebuilding of the city of Amatrice (1529)
- Project of the chiesa di Santa Maria Della Carità, Arquata del Tronto (1532)
- Façade of the Ascoli Piceno Cathedral (1532)
- "Andata al Calvario" (1533)
- Project and supervision of the realization of the Biselli ditch, Norcia (1537)
- Construction (tegether with the third architect) of the Rocca Paolina, Perugia (1542)
- Frescoes at Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera, Città di Castello Library
- Monumental portal at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo, Ascoli Piceno (1549)
- "Taccuino", Biblioteca Comunale di Fermo
- Façade at Chiesa della Scopa
- Realization of Loggia dei Mercanti
- Virgin and Child with Four Saints (1514), San Vittore church
See also
- Raffaello Sanzio
- Bramante
- Tallacano
Notes
- ↑ Fabiani, Giuseppe. Cola dell'Amatrice secondo i documenti ascolani, (Ascoli Piceno) 1952.
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References
- Giorgio Vasari : Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori italiani, da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri. 1568 edition, Florence by i tipi della Giunti, Vol. V p. 213, Aggiunte p. 264
- De Dominici, Bernardo (1742). Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani, Volume II. Stamperia del Ricciardi, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on February 1, 2007. pp. 143–149.
- Farquhar, Maria (1855), R. N. Wornum, editor. Biographical Catalogue of the Principal Italian Painters, by a Lady (page 6). Angel Court, Skinner Street, London: Woodfall & Kinder. Original Oxford University. Googlebooks digitized 27 June 2006.