Stigmatization of Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi
1750/1760
Medium
Pen and gray ink, and gray wash with black chalk, on white laid paper
Dimensions
27.3 × 21.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
147650
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Ferretti was the most outstanding painter of Florence during the first half of the eighteenth century. Educated there and in Bologna, he became one of the most prolific fresco painters in Tuscany. This study for the church of Santa Maria Maddelena de'Pazzi, with its fluid strokes and subtle washes that evoke convincingly plastic angelic forms, reveals Ferretti's place in the tradition of great Florentine draftsmen.
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti · 1692–1768
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, born on June 15, 1692, in Florence to goldsmith Antonio di Giovanni da Imola and Margherita di Domenico Gori, spent his early years in Imola before returning to his native city for artistic training. He studied painting under Tommaso Redi from 1702 to 1704 and Sebastiano Galeotti in Florence, honing skills in figure composition and fresco technique. In 1710–1712, Ferret...