The "Slav". This means the word schiavone translated from Italian. But actually the Italian Renaissance painter known by this name was Andrea Meldolla. But in Venice he was called Schiavone, because Andrea came from the today's Croatian city Zadar. At his birth, probably around the year 1510, the Dalmatian city was just ruled by Venice. Andrea's father, commander of a nearby garrison post, in turn came from a family from the small town of Meldola in the Italian Romagna. Andrea Meldolla lived and above all worked in Venice - in that century, which in the history of Italian culture is known as the Cinquecento because of its many and varied styles. With such famous painters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raffael, Michelangelo or Tizian, who are still famous today.
Andrea Meldolla, alias Schiavone, did not become quite as famous as these contemporaries. In Venice, where he had probably come in his early youth, he earned his living by painting flags, furniture, chests and similar things. He also created frescoes, panel paintings, portraits, etchings and established himself as an increasingly sought-after artist. Whether Meldolla himself received training in an artist's workshop or was a student of an already well-known painter is highly doubtful. It is more likely that he taught himself his skills autodidactically, by intensively studying the works of other masters. The earliest paintings and etchings preserved by Schiavone date around 1540, including the huge oil painting of the Battle of Charles V and Barbarossa, commissioned by Giorgio Vasari, the Medici architect and court painter.
Art experts see Schiavone's style and manner of composition strongly influenced by the painter Parmigianino and the Mannerist art movement, which proved to be dominant in the course of this century. But Andrea combined this style strongly with the Venetian painting techniques of that time. Sometimes in a very daring form, as contemporaries have already noted. His paintings and frescoes, however, were a model for younger artists such as Tintoretto and Titian. Meldolla - married to Marina de Ricis, the couple presumably had no children - showed a particular willingness to experiment and a free use of the available technical means in his etchings. He printed on paper washed in different colours and added colours to the prints by hand. In this way he created subtle and multi-layered pictorial structures. The methods invented by Andrea Schiavone were adopted a century later by etchers such as Rembrandt. © Meisterdrucke
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The "Slav". This means the word schiavone translated from Italian. But actually the Italian Renaissance painter known by this name was Andrea Meldolla. But in Venice he was called Schiavone, because Andrea came from the today's Croatian city Zadar. At his birth, probably around the year 1510, the Dalmatian city was just ruled by Venice. Andrea's father, commander of a nearby garrison post, in turn came from a family from the small town of Meldola in the Italian Romagna. Andrea Meldolla lived and above all worked in Venice - in that century, which in the history of Italian culture is known as the Cinquecento because of its many and varied styles. With such famous painters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raffael, Michelangelo or Tizian, who are still famous today.
Andrea Meldolla, alias Schiavone, did not become quite as famous as these contemporaries. In Venice, where he had probably come in his early youth, he earned his living by painting flags, furniture, chests and similar things. He also created frescoes, panel paintings, portraits, etchings and established himself as an increasingly sought-after artist. Whether Meldolla himself received training in an artist's workshop or was a student of an already well-known painter is highly doubtful. It is more likely that he taught himself his skills autodidactically, by intensively studying the works of other masters. The earliest paintings and etchings preserved by Schiavone date around 1540, including the huge oil painting of the Battle of Charles V and Barbarossa, commissioned by Giorgio Vasari, the Medici architect and court painter.
Art experts see Schiavone's style and manner of composition strongly influenced by the painter Parmigianino and the Mannerist art movement, which proved to be dominant in the course of this century. But Andrea combined this style strongly with the Venetian painting techniques of that time. Sometimes in a very daring form, as contemporaries have already noted. His paintings and frescoes, however, were a model for younger artists such as Tintoretto and Titian. Meldolla - married to Marina de Ricis, the couple presumably had no children - showed a particular willingness to experiment and a free use of the available technical means in his etchings. He printed on paper washed in different colours and added colours to the prints by hand. In this way he created subtle and multi-layered pictorial structures. The methods invented by Andrea Schiavone were adopted a century later by etchers such as Rembrandt. © Meisterdrucke
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.jpg "The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1540s. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Various Saints Witnessing John the Baptists Homage to the Infant Christ. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Jupiter seducing Callisto, c. 1550 by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Danae, Mid of 16th cen.. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Apollo and Daphne, ca. 1538-40. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Allegory of the Empire, from the ceiling of the library, 1556 by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Arcas Hunting, c. 1550 by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Bacchic revel with Silenus riding a goat in the centre, ca. 1540-43. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "A saint, possibly Matthew, holding a staff and a book, ca. 1540-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Moses showing the quails to the Israelites the miracle of the quails and manna, ca. 1545. by Andrea Schiavone")
_Schiavone_-_The_Marriage_of_Cupid_and_Psyche_c1550_(oil_on_wood_transferred_to_Masonite)_-_(MeisterDrucke-902349).jpg "The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, c.1550 (oil on wood, transferred to Masonite) by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine, ca. 1550. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The circumcision of Christ, ca 1542-46. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Portrait of a Franciscan by Andrea Schiavone")
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.jpg "Samson killing a Philistine by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The presentation of Christ in the temple, ca. 1543-46. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Moses and the burning bush, ca. 1544-47. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The Force of Arms, from the ceiling of the library, 1556 by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Mars standing at the left leaning on a shield, Cupid at the right, ca. 1542-46. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Mutius Scaevola placing his hand in the flames left half of a composition, whose righ..., ca. 1540. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The lamentation over the dead Christ, ca. 1545-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Christ as the Savior holding a globe, from Christ and the Apostles, ca. 1548-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
_Schiavone_-_The_Holy_Family_with_John_the_Baptist_par_Schiavone_Andrea_(ca_1520-1582)_Oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-960101).jpg "The Holy Family with John the Baptist par Schiavone, Andrea (ca. 1520-1582). Oil on canvas, size : 98x93, , Prague Castle by Andrea Schiavone")
_Schiavone_-_Manius_Curius_Dentatus_(3eme_siecle_avant_JC)_par_Schiavone_Andrea_(ca_1520-1582_-_(MeisterDrucke-1028861).jpg "Manius Curius Dentatus (3eme siecle avant JC) par Schiavone, Andrea (ca. 1520-1582). Oil on canvas, size : 58x84, c. 1560, Art History Museum, Vienne by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The Holy Family, an angel holding flowers approaching from the right, ca. 1550-53. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The Virgin and Child accompanied by saints, ca. 1550. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Christ addressing a group of women seated and standing on steps, ca. 1541-44. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Judith her sword raised in her right hand, placing the head of Holofernes in the sa..., ca. 1542-45. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Saint James Minor from Christ and the Apostles, ca. 1548-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
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.jpg "Saint Paul preaching in Athens, ca. 1548-53. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The miraculous draught of the fishes, Christ at the right accompanied by apostles in..., ca.1548-52. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Apollo at right holding a bow chasing Daphne at the left, ca. 1538-40. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Saint James Major holding a staff and a book facing right, from Christ and the Apo..., ca. 1548-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Judith with her sword raised in her right hand and placing the head of Holofernes i..., ca. 1540-45. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "Allegory of the Priesthood, from the ceiling of the library, 1556 by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "The Virgin and Child accompanied by saints, ca. 1540-50. by Andrea Schiavone")
.jpg "An apostle holding a staff facing left, ca. 1540-60. by Andrea Schiavone")