Giovanni Battista di Pietro di Stefano Volponi

Last updated

Giovanni Battista di Pietro di Stefano Volponi (early 16th century) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Pistoia, and painted in conjunction with il Sollazzino, and with Bernardino del Signoraccio for various churches of his native city. A painter from this family by the name of il Scalabrino was active around this time. [1]

Related Research Articles

Giovanni Pisano

Giovanni Pisano was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect, who worked in the cities of Pisa, Siena and Pistoia. He is best known for his sculpture which shows the influence of both the French Gothic and the Ancient Roman art. Henry Moore, referring to his statues for the facade of Siena Cathedral, called him "the first modern sculptor".

Andrea Tafi (cyclist) Italian cyclist

Andrea Tafi is an Italian former road bicycle racer who retired from his professional career in 2005. Tafi's propensity to perform best in the harder races earned him the nickname "Il Gladiatore".

Bernardino Poccetti

Bernardino Poccetti, also known as Barbatelli, was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker of etchings.

Jacopo da Empoli Italian painter (1551–1640)

Jacopo da Empoli was an Italian Florentine Reformist painter.

Lippo di Dalmasio

Filippo Scannabecchi, known as Lippo di Dalmasio, was an Italian painter from Bologna, a son of Dalmasio Scannabecchi.

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Anton Domenico Gabbiani was an Italian painter and active in a late Baroque style.

Giacinto Gimignani Italian painter (1606–1681)

Giacinto Gimignani was an Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period. He was also an engraver in aquaforte.

Leonardo da Pistoia Italian painter

Leonardo da Pistoia, also known as Leonardo Grazia, was an Italian painter of the Mannerism school.

Fra Paolino da Pistoia

Fra Paolino da Pistoia OP was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Tuscany. He was a son of the painter Bernardino del Signoraccio. He was a Dominican friar who painted in a style similar to Fra Bartolomeo.

San Paolo, Pistoia

San Paolo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via della Rosa #39 in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The eclectic church facade sits near the intersection of four streets: Corso Silvani Fedi, Corso Giovanni Amendola, Via Porta Carratica, and Via del Can Bianco, about a block away along Silvani Fedi from the Chiesa del Tau.

Gianna Manzini Italian writer

Gianna Manzini was an Italian writer whose Ritratto in piedi won her the Premio Campiello in 1971. It is a semi-autobiographical portrait of her father, an Italian anarchist. After several banishments for his political activities, her anarchist father was exiled to the small hilltop town of Cutigliano in 1921, 25 km northwest of Pistoia, where he would die of a heart attack in 1925 after being chased by fascist hoodlums.

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani Italian painter

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani was an Italian painter active in Pistoia and Pisa in the second half of the 14th century.

Nicola Mónti or Niccola Monti was an Italian painter, active in a neoclassical style, painting mainly historical subjects.

San Domenico, Pistoia

San Domenico is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza of the same name, with a north flank of the nave parallel to Corso Silvani Fedi, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pistoia in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Samuele Bertinelli is an Italian politician. He is the former mayor of Pistoia, in office from 8 May 2012 to 26 June 2017, and a member of the Democratic Party. In 2012, he was a candidate for mayor of Pistoia, at the head of a center coalition, and was elected in the first round with 59% of the votes, against 16% collected by the center-right candidate, Anna Maria Ida Celesti. Bertinelli was born in Pistoia, Italy, graduated in philosophy, and engaged in politics at a very young age. He joined the Democrats of the Left at age 22 (1998) and was elected city councilor of Pistoia, becoming president of the culture committee. In the subsequent administration, from 2002 to 2007, he was re-elected and appointed leader of the Democrats of the Left in the municipal council.

Alessandro Tomasi is an Italian politician.

Mario Nannini was an Italian painter, active in a Futurist style.

References

  1. Guida di Pistoia per gli amanti delle belle arti con notizie By Francesco Tolomei, 1821, page 217-218.