Sigismondo Coccapani
Sigismondo Coccapani (1585 - 1643) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he studied under Ludovico Cigoli in Rome, before returning to his native city.
Life[edit]
Coccapani was born at Florence in 1585. He at first studied literature and mathematics, but abandoned them for painting,[1] becoming a pupil of Ludovico Cigoli in Rome[2] where he assisted him on his work at Santa Maria Maggiore in 1610–13.[3] Using his scientific background he showed Cigoli, who was making a record of solar activity for his friend Galileo, how to observe and record sunspots through a method of projection.[4] Coccapani also studied architecture with Bernardo Buontalenti. Most of his work as an independent artist was done in Florence, where he died in 1643.[2]
His drawing style was heavily indebted to that of his teacher, and some drawings once thought to be by Cigoli are now attributed to Coccapani.[2] He and his brother Giovanni made a collection of drawings by Cigoli and his circle, many of which eventually passed into the collection of the Uffizi.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Bryan 1886
- ^ a b c d Linda Wolk-Simon, Carmen Bambach (2010). An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection : Correggio to Tiepolo. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 144. ISBN 9781588393791.
- ^ Reeves, p.252
- ^ Reeves 1999, p.5
Sources[edit]
- Eileen Reeves (1999). Painting the Heavens: Art and Science in the Age of Galileo. Princeton University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0691009767.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Coccapani, Sigismondo". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links[edit]
Media related to Sigismondo Coccapani at Wikimedia Commons
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