Giovanni Ambrogio Figino facts for kids
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (born between 1548 and 1551 – died October 11, 1608) was a talented Italian Renaissance painter from the city of Milan. He was known for his detailed drawings and impressive portraits.
About Giovanni Ambrogio Figino
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino was an important artist from the Lombard school of painting. This was a special style of art that developed in the Lombardy region of Italy. He learned his skills from a famous painter named Gian Paolo Lomazzo.
Figino was especially good at drawing, and he was also a very skilled portrait painter. A portrait is a painting of a person. One of his most famous portraits is of a military leader called Field Marshal Lucio Foppa.
In 2001, one of his paintings, called Portrait of Giovanni Angelo, was sold at an auction for a lot of money. This showed how much people valued his artwork.
Figino also helped paint large organ shutters for the Cathedral of Milan. These were big panels that covered the church organ. He worked with other artists, Camillo Procaccini and Giuseppe Meda, on these paintings, which showed scenes like the Passage of the Red Sea and the Ascension of Christ.
You can find another of his paintings, Saint Ambrose expelling the Arians, in the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco in Milan. He also painted a unique picture of a dish of peaches. This was special because paintings of everyday objects, called still lifes, were not very common in Italian art at that time.
Other works by Figino include an Immaculate Conception for a church called Sant'Antonio, and a painting of the Virgin with child, saints, and donors, which is now in the Brera Gallery.
What Kind of Art Did Figino Make?
Most of Figino's artwork consists of drawings. There are over 430 known drawings by him! He also created many paintings, including:
- Portrait of Angelo Dannona
- Portrait of S. Carlo, found in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
- Portrait of Field Marshal Lucio Foppa, located in the Pinacoteca di Brera.
- Metal plate with peaches and vine leaves, a private collection piece. This is his famous still life painting.
- Christ and the Pharisee, found in the sacristy of the duomo di Monza.
- Agony in the Garden, located in the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Passione in Milan.
- Jupiter, Juno and Io, found in the Pavia Civic Museums.
- Coronation of the Virgin, Saints Peter, Paul, Mary Magdalene and Martha, a series of paintings for the church of San Fedele in Milan.
- Madonna of the Serpent, in the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Milan.
- Saint Paul and Saint Matthew, in the church of San Raffaele in Milan.
- Madonna with Child and Saints John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel, an altarpiece for a chapel in Milan, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera.
- Saint Ambrose defeating the Arians, for a chapel in Milan, now in the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco.
- Saint George, in the sanctuary of Addolorata in Rho.
- Nativity of Christ, Passage of the Hebrews through the Red Sea, Ascension (now lost), organ shutters for the duomo di Milano, painted between 1590 and 1595.
- Nativity of Mary, in the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Milan.
- Coronation of the Virgin, a fresco in the vault of the presbytery of San Vittore al Corpo.
- Events from the life of Saint Benedict, God the Father, Flying Angels, Winged Putti and Musical Angels, in the left wing of the transept of San Vittore al Corpo.
- Christ at the Column, in the Civic Museum of Busto Arsizio.
Images for kids
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Portrait of Field Marshal Lucio Foppa
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Metal plate with peaches and vine leaves
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Saint Matthew
See also
In Spanish: Giovanni Ambrogio Figino para niños
