Pier Francesco Foschi

File:Giovanni Salviati.jpg

Portrait of Giovanni Salviati by Pier Francesco Foschi

Pier Francesco Foschi (1502–1567) was an Italian painter active in Florence in a Mannerist style. He was pupil of Andrea del Sarto and assisted Pontormo with his frescoes at Careggi in 1536. He completed 3 altarpieces, commissioned in 1540–1545 for the church of Santo Spirito in Florence: an Immaculate Conception, Resurrection, and a Transfiguration. Foschi was also influenced by Il Bronzino. One of his pupils was Alessandro Fei.

Also called Pier Francesco di Jacopo Foschi or Toschi. He was the son of Jacopo Sandro Foschi, known for his Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John. (Utah Museum of Fine Arts).

Foschi is best noted for his portraits painted between 1530 and 1540, including his Portrait of a Lady (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza), Portrait of a Young Man Weaving a Wreath of Flowers (Utah Museum of Fine Arts), and his Portrait of a Man, (Uffizi Gallery).

In his portraits he adhered to Mannerist style, utilizing a slight Contrapposto in the sitter with their head turned from the body. This pose gave the depiction a spontaneity and sense of movement for the innovative Mannerists, but was eventually so formulaic that it lost its intention of originality. Foschi’ Portrait of a Lady and Portrait of a Man Weaving a Wreath of Flowers, shows an interesting use of back ground and subtle symbolisms to convey the essence of the sitter, while his Portrait of a Man (at the Uffizi), shows a more standard portrait depiction of the period.

Gallery

• Pier Francesco di Jacopo Foschi Virgen con el Niño y San Juanito col par.jpg

  Madonna, child and John the Baptist

• Oratorio dei bini, ancona di baccio d'agnolo, con pannelli di rossello di jacopo franchi (madonna), maestro di serumido (pietà e predella) e pier francesco foschi (lati).jpg

  Oratory dei Bini, lateral panels by Foschi

• San Barnaba, pier francesco foschi, madonna col bambino e santi.JPG

  Madonna, child, and Saints (San Barnaba, Florence)

• Pier francesco foschi, ritratto di giovane.JPG

  Portrait of Young Man (Pushkin Museum)

• Pier francesco foschi, ritratto di andrea del sarto.JPG

  Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530)

• Pier Francesco Foschi Retrato de hombre c1530 Uffizi.jpg

  Portrait of Man (Uffizi)

• Pier Francesco Foschi - Ritratto di un busto uomo che indossa un cappotto nero e cappello.jpg

  Portrait of Man with Hat

• Pier Francesco Foschi - Ritratto di un uomo che scrive.jpg

  Portrait of Man Writing

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  Portrait of Lady

References

There is a painting by this painter in the Indianapolis Museum of Art("Saint Phillip Bennizzi And The Gamblers").

External links

• Links to images and information about Foschi at www.artcyclopedia.com