DOI Kapitel:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61295#0044
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ALFANI — ALFARO.
four pictures representing scenes in the life of S. Anthony ; much
injured. In the Gath, of Citth della Pieve is an altar-piece by
Domenico : wood, oil, figures life size, dated 1521. In the gallery
at Perugia a “ Virgin and Child ” with saints and angels : wood, oil,
figures life size. In 1527 Rosso was at Perugia with Alfani, and from
that time his style seems changed, which may be seen in the pictures
at S. Giuliana at Perugia. In 1553 the father and son together
painted a “• Crucifixion ” for S. Francesco at Perugia, and as they
painted much in conjunction, there are various pictures which cannot
be assigned to either one. One of these is a graceful “ Holy Family ”
in the tribune of the Uffizi. In 1525 he painted frescoes at the
villa of Prepo near Perugia. In 1527 he was commissioned to paint
an altar-piece for Castel Rigone. In 1535 he painted the arms of
Paul III. on the Pal. of Perugia; in 1536 a “ S. Louis ” in S. Fran-
cesco, and in this same year married the mother of his children.
His will was made in 1549, and as before said, he was living in
1553.
Alfani, Orazio di Paris, born at Perugia 1510, died at Rome
1583. Also a pupil of Perugino and an admiring imitator of Ra-
phael. His reputation more than equalled that of his father. In
the transept of S. Francesco at Perugia is a “ Nativity ” by this artist,
singular for the introduction of “ S. Anna ” who has a basin of water ;
said to have been dated 1536. Perugia Gall., No. 59, formerly in
the Carmine, is a work of Orazio’s, as are also Nos. 140, 142, 159,
132, 163, 144, 145, and 146, in the same gallery. There are several
of his works in S. Francesco and S. Pietro at Perugia. At the
Louvre “ The Marriage of S. Catherine,” No. 26, dated 1548, is by
this master. There are many more of his pictures, in Perugia men-
tioned in the Guides. Orazio was registered in the guild of Perugia
in 1545; elected architect of the town in 1576, but retained the
office a very short time. He was first president of the Acad, of
Perugia, founded in 1573.
Alfaro y Gamon, Don Juan de, born at Cordoba 1640, died
at Madrid 1680. He studied first with Antonio de Castile, and then
with Velasquez. His pictures imitate the latter, and also remind one
of Vandyck in color. He is said to have been very vain, and to
have copied some prints, and put on each of them, Alfaro pinxit.
To punish him, Castillo painted one, and subscribed it Non pinxit
Alfaro, which passed into a proverb. He was also a poet, and
had good literary attainments, but his memory is stained by in-
gratitude. The Admiral of Castille was his patron; still when he
was banished Alfaro forsook him, and yet did not hesitate to solicit
his patronage when recalled. The rebuff' he received is said to have
brought on melancholy and caused his death. In the ch. of the
Carmelites is his “ Incarnation,” and at Madrid, in the ch. of the
Imperial College his celebrated “ Guardian Angel.”
ALFANI — ALFARO.
four pictures representing scenes in the life of S. Anthony ; much
injured. In the Gath, of Citth della Pieve is an altar-piece by
Domenico : wood, oil, figures life size, dated 1521. In the gallery
at Perugia a “ Virgin and Child ” with saints and angels : wood, oil,
figures life size. In 1527 Rosso was at Perugia with Alfani, and from
that time his style seems changed, which may be seen in the pictures
at S. Giuliana at Perugia. In 1553 the father and son together
painted a “• Crucifixion ” for S. Francesco at Perugia, and as they
painted much in conjunction, there are various pictures which cannot
be assigned to either one. One of these is a graceful “ Holy Family ”
in the tribune of the Uffizi. In 1525 he painted frescoes at the
villa of Prepo near Perugia. In 1527 he was commissioned to paint
an altar-piece for Castel Rigone. In 1535 he painted the arms of
Paul III. on the Pal. of Perugia; in 1536 a “ S. Louis ” in S. Fran-
cesco, and in this same year married the mother of his children.
His will was made in 1549, and as before said, he was living in
1553.
Alfani, Orazio di Paris, born at Perugia 1510, died at Rome
1583. Also a pupil of Perugino and an admiring imitator of Ra-
phael. His reputation more than equalled that of his father. In
the transept of S. Francesco at Perugia is a “ Nativity ” by this artist,
singular for the introduction of “ S. Anna ” who has a basin of water ;
said to have been dated 1536. Perugia Gall., No. 59, formerly in
the Carmine, is a work of Orazio’s, as are also Nos. 140, 142, 159,
132, 163, 144, 145, and 146, in the same gallery. There are several
of his works in S. Francesco and S. Pietro at Perugia. At the
Louvre “ The Marriage of S. Catherine,” No. 26, dated 1548, is by
this master. There are many more of his pictures, in Perugia men-
tioned in the Guides. Orazio was registered in the guild of Perugia
in 1545; elected architect of the town in 1576, but retained the
office a very short time. He was first president of the Acad, of
Perugia, founded in 1573.
Alfaro y Gamon, Don Juan de, born at Cordoba 1640, died
at Madrid 1680. He studied first with Antonio de Castile, and then
with Velasquez. His pictures imitate the latter, and also remind one
of Vandyck in color. He is said to have been very vain, and to
have copied some prints, and put on each of them, Alfaro pinxit.
To punish him, Castillo painted one, and subscribed it Non pinxit
Alfaro, which passed into a proverb. He was also a poet, and
had good literary attainments, but his memory is stained by in-
gratitude. The Admiral of Castille was his patron; still when he
was banished Alfaro forsook him, and yet did not hesitate to solicit
his patronage when recalled. The rebuff' he received is said to have
brought on melancholy and caused his death. In the ch. of the
Carmelites is his “ Incarnation,” and at Madrid, in the ch. of the
Imperial College his celebrated “ Guardian Angel.”