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Matteo Giovannetti, the painter and his work: an assessment in the light of recent restorations

01/2024 | 1450 | 166

Pages: 54–61

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Author:

Vingtain, Dominique (Vingtain, Dominique)

Subjects

artists:

Giovannetti, Matteo

buildings:

Palais des Papes, Avignon, France / Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France

dates:

1300-1399

patrons:

Clement VI, Pope (1291-1352) / Urban V, Pope, 1310–1370

places:

Avignon

subjects:

French art / Italian art / Frescoes / Restoration (process) / Popes / Martial, Saint / Conservation / Commissions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

2. St Martial, detail of a fresco by Matteo Giovannetti before and after restoration. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; Consortio Arké).

Attributed works:

4. Vault of the chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).

Attributed works:

5. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).

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6. Detail of The beheading of John the Baptist, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1355. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon; Bildarchiv Monheim GmbH; Alamy Stock Photo).

Attributed works:

7. Details of the face of St Martial at different stages of his life as depicted in the Papal Palace, Avignon. (© Dominique Vingtain; photographs Domenico Ventura).

Western art unattributed:

1. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.

Western art unattributed:

3. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.

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Italians in Avignon in the late fourteenth century: in search of the painters

01/2024 | 1450 | 166

Pages: 38–43

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Author:

Castelnuovo, Guido (Castelnuovo, Guido)

Subjects

artists:

Changenet family / Bernard of Toulouse / Iverny, Jacques

artists:

Martini, Simone / Quarton, Enguerrand / Giovannetti, Matteo / Froment, Nicolas / Le Moiturier, Antoine / Grassi, Giovanni (active 1487–1502)

dates:

1300-1499

patrons:

Peruzzi, Luigi di Ridolfo, 1410-1484 / Ruspo, Lapo di

places:

Avignon

subjects:

Italians / Italian art / French art / Patronage / French medieval art / Altarpieces / Commissions / Patronage / 1300-1499

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Virgin of humility, by Simone Martini. 1341. Fresco. (Musée du Palais des Papes, Avignon; formerly in the porch of the cathedral, Notre-Damedes- Doms, Avignon; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

2. Adoration of the Cross (Pérussis altarpiece), by an artist in the circle of Nicolas Froment. 1480. Three panels, each 138.4 by 58.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

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3. Anglic Grimoard kneeling before the Virgin and Child (from the Terrier of Anglic Grimoard), by Bernard of Toulouse and Marie. 1366–68. Illumination on parchment, 44.5 by 34.5 cm. (Archives départementales de Vaucluse, Avignon, MS 1.G.10, fol.unnumbered).

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4. Madonna della Misericordia, by Enguerrand Quarton. c.1452. Oil on panel, 66 by 187 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Prophets, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1353. Fresco. (Great Audience, Papal Palace, Avignon; Bridgeman Images).

Western art unattributed:

6. A detail of the frescos in the Cardini Chapel, Saint-Didier, Avignon. c.1360–65. (Photograph Zoë Opačić).

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Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti

01/2024 | 1450 | 166

Pages: 16–29

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Author:

Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)

Author:

Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)

Subjects

artists:

Giovannetti, Matteo / circle of

dates:

1300-1349

places:

Avignon

sources:

Marchetto of Padua (fl. 1305 – 1319)

subjects:

Music / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Patrons / Dating / Attribution / Workshops (Organisations) / Franciscans / Cardinals

Illustrations

Attributed works:

13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Attributed works:

18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).

Attributed works:

20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).

Attributed works:

21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).

Attributed works:

Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).

Western art unattributed:

1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).

Western art unattributed:

10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).

Western art unattributed:

14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).

Western art unattributed:

19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).

Western art unattributed:

2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).

Western art unattributed:

22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).

Western art unattributed:

3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).

Western art unattributed:

4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).

Western art unattributed:

5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).

Western art unattributed:

7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).

Western art unattributed:

9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).

Article

Avignon as 'nova Roma'

01/2024 | 1450 | 166

Pages: 5–15

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Author:

Bolgia, Claudia (Bolgia, Claudia)

Subjects

artists:

Giovannetti, Matteo

buildings:

Palais des Papes, Avignon, France

dates:

1300-1399

patrons:

Clement VI, Pope (1291-1352)

places:

Avignon / Rome

subjects:

Martial, Saint / Peter, Saint / Paul, Saint / Papacy / Popes / Christian iconography / Ecclesiastical / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Pilgrimages / Relics / Frescoes

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Chamber of the Stag, Papal Palace, Avignon. 1343. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

11. Detail of the Stefaneschi polyptych, showing the Crucifixion of St Peter, by Giotto. c.1320. Tempera on panel. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

13. Crucifixion of St Peter, copy of a detail in the lost fresco cycle in the atrium of Old St Peter’s, Rome (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS A64ter (Grimaldi Album), fol. 39).

Attributed works:

14. Duke Stephen in Rome, imploring St Peter to absolve his sins, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene M, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

15. Detail of Fig.14, showing Stephen, Duke of south-west France, receiving absolution from St Peter.

Attributed works:

16. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

17. Alpinianus cures the sick by imposing on them the sudarium of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene U, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

18. Detail of Fig.17, showing the imposition of the sudarium.

Attributed works:

2. Detail of the ceiling of the Chamber of the Stag, showing the she-wolf with her twins and the hen with her chicks. 1343. (Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Fabrice Lepeltier).

Attributed works:

4. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.

Attributed works:

5. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.

Attributed works:

6. Christ ordering St Peter to send St Martial to preach in Gaul and St Peter communicating Christ’s will to Martial and his disciples, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

7. Martial receives the staff from St Peter and Resurrection of Austriclianus, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene C, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

8. Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).

Attributed works:

9. Christ showing to St Martial in a vision the martyrdom of St Peter and St Paul in Rome, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene P, lunette, west wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).

Western art unattributed:

10. Crucifixion of St Peter. c.1277–80. Fresco. (Sancta Sanctorum, Rome).

Western art unattributed:

12. Rooster. Italian, 9th–12th century. Gilded bronze. (Museo Storico- Artistico del Tesoro di S. Pietro, Vatican City).

Western art unattributed:

3. Stone relief of the she-wolf with her twins, Maria Saal Cathedral. (Wikimedia Commons).

Book Review

Un pittore italiano alla corte di Avignone. (Matteo Giovannetti e la pittura in Provenza nel secolo XIV)

09/1964 | 738 | 106

Pages: 427-428

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Reviewer:

Laclotte, Michel (Laclotte, Michel)

Subjects

artists:

Giovannetti, Matteo

dates:

1300-1399

places:

France / Italy / Avignon

subjects:

Italian painting / Patronage / Papacy

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Un pittore italiano alla corte di Avignone. (Matteo Giovannetti e la pittura in Provenza nel secolo XIV) | author: Castelnuovo, Enrico

Article

An Exhibition of Mediterranean Primitives

11/1952 | 596 | 94

Pages: 320-323

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Author:

Zeri, Federico (Zeri, Federico; Zeri, Professor)

Subjects

artists:

Martini, Simone

artists:

Giovannetti, Matteo

artists:

Huguet, Jaume

artists:

Bermejo, Bartolomé

artists:

Antonello da Messina

dates:

1300-1499

places:

Spain / Cataluña

places:

Italy / Pisa / Siena / Naples

places:

Valencia

subjects:

Italian painting / Spanish painting / Exhibitions

subjects:

Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

17. Pietà, by Bartolomeo Bermejo. Panel, 87 by 68 cm. (Matteu Collection, Barcelona.)

Attributed works:

18. Miracle of St Vincent, by Jaime Huguet. Panel, 166 by 98 cm. (Museum, Barcelona.)

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