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Orsi, Lelio
Nationality: Italian
Lifespan: (1511 - 1587)
Lelio Orsi was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school. He was born and died in Novellara, near Mantua, and much of his work was completed in Reggio. He appears to have studied under such as Giovanni Giarola, a pupil of Antonio da Correggio. There is documentary evidence that he visited Rome in 1554-55, and may have been influenced by Girolamo Bedoli, Correggio and the prototypic mannerists Giulio Romano as well as Michelangelo and his successor Daniele da Volterra. He is said to have trained Raffaellino da Reggio. He was active in both exterior and interior decoration, and much of his work is in small cabinet pieces, not large altarpieces. Much of his output ended in the collections of the dukes of Este in Ferrara.
Orsi appears to be "reading" Correggio with the lens of Mannerist, the nocturnal, limned ethereal simplicity of Corregio here is constrained into contorted poses, perspective distorted, and settings crowded. The effect at times is unsettling. While the angels above unsheating divine swords are meant to carry the day, in The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine it appears that the execution was stymied by the breakdown of floors and gears.
Compiled/Authored By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelio_Orsi
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelio_Orsi
Noted Works: The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (1560) - Galleria Estense, Modena
The Dead Christ Flanked by Charity and Justice
Madonna della Ghiara (1569)
Saints Cecilia & Valerian - Galleria Borghese, Rome
Noli Me Tangere - Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Adoration of the Shepherds (1565-70) - Berlin, Dahlem
The Walk to Emmaus (1565) - National Gallery, London
St. George and the Dragon (1550) - Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (1545) - Strossmayer Gallery, Zagreb
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