Domenico del Barbiere
Illustration — Monument for the heart of Henry II. The Three Graces were sculpted by Germain Pilon and the base by Domenico del Barbiere. The urn is a nineteenth-century restoration. Domenico del Barbiere (c.
Also recorded as Domenico Fiorentino · Domenico Ricoveri del Barbiere · Domenico Riconucci · Dominique Florentin
Domenico del Barbiere

Domenico del Barbiere · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund · CC0
- Born
- sources differ (1501 and 1506). · Florence.
- Occupation
- sculptor, painter, architect, designer and engraver.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Illustration — Monument for the heart of Henry II. The Three Graces were sculpted by Germain Pilon and the base by Domenico del Barbiere. The urn is a nineteenth-century restoration. Domenico del Barbiere (c.
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
1506 – c. 1570) was a Florentine artist of the Renaissance period, also referred to as Domenico Fiorentino, and, in France, Dominique Florentin. He settled and married at Troyes in France between 1530 and 1533. He joined the studio of Italian artists who worked with Primaticcio and Rosso Fiorentino at Fontainebleau and Meudon. He worked both on the stucco-work and frescoes. He was also an engraver. In 1541, he returned to Troyes, where he enjoyed success as a sculptor for churches. His style of sculpture was influenced, particularly in the heads and the drapery, by Andrea Sansovino, and shows Mannerist characteristics. His Charity, at Saint-Pantaléon in Troyes, suggests that Domenico was aware of Michelangelo's use of contrapposto. His relief work for the tomb of Claude, Duke of Guise (died 1550), reveals the possible influence of Rosso and of Francesco Salviati. Vasari noted Domenico del Barbiere in his writings. Under the direction of Primaticcio, Domenico executed the base for the monument for the heart of Henry II of France, the figures for which were sculpted by Germain Pilon. Pilon may have been influenced in the flowing drapery of the figures of the Three Graces by Domenico's work. The monument was Domenico's last known commission.
He also worked under the name Dominique Florentin. The authorities additionally record the headings Domenico Fiorentino, Domenico Ricoveri del Barbiere, Domenico Riconucci, Dominique Florentin and Dominique del Barbiere. His recorded language was Italian.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1501
Domenico del Barbiere born at Florence.
1570
Domenico del Barbiere died at Troyes.
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Florence.
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Troyes.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1411009: Domenico del Barbiere
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- “Domenico del Barbiere”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- L’architecture de Domenico del Barbiere : Troyes, 1548-1552, Revue de l'art, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
authority file
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500028410, Domenico del Barbiere.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Archives de l'art français. J.-B. Dumoulin. 1853.
- 2.La tradition rapporte qu’il a été inhumé à l’église Saint-Pantaléon, la paroisse où il résidait, près de la chapelle Saint-Jacques ; sa sépulture serait marquée par deux pals en sautoir gravés sur un carreau.
- 3.Dossier de presse de l'exposition L’Italie à la cour de France - Primatice, maître de Fontainebleau, 1504 -1570, Paris, musée du Louvre, 25 septembre 2004 - 3 janvier 2005 (les descriptions et compléments en sont repris quasi intégralement)
Bibliography printed in the source article · 21
- Giorgio Vasari, Vie des peintres, sculpteurs et architectes, trad. Leclanché, Paris, 1839, tome V, p .83.
- Maria Farquhar. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Ralph Nicholson Wornum, Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street,. 1855.
- Anthony Blunt. Art and Architecture in France. New Haven (CT): Yale University Press, 1957. 1999. 0-300-07748-3.
- Wardropper, Ian, The Sculpture and Prints of Domenico del Barbiere, Thèse de doctorat, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1985
- Henri Zerner, L’Art de la Renaissance en France. L’invention du classicisme, Paris, Flammarion, 1996.
- Galletti, Sara, La chiesa di Saint-Nicolas di Troyes (Aube, France) : dal cantiere tardogotico al portale rinascimentale di Domenico del Barbiere, mémoire de Laurea soutenu à l’Istituto Universitario di Architettura de Venise en .
- Boudon-Machuel, Marion, Des âmes drapées de pierre. : La sculpture en Champagne à la Renaissance, Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais, Tours, 2018
- Dominique Florentin, sculpteur du seizième siècle. Réunion des Sociétés savantes des départements à la Sorbonne du 4 au 7 avril 1877 - Section beaux-arts. Paris. E. Plon. 1877. 108-141. Albert Babeau.
- Frédéric Herbet. Les graveurs de l'école de Fontainebleau; III. Dominique Florentin et les burinistes. Annales de la Société historique & archéologique du Gâtinais. 1899. 17. 1-53.
- Prévost, Arthur, « Note sur Dominique Florentin sculpteur », Annuaire administratif, statistique et commercial du département de l’Aube pour 1931, Troyes, Bouquot, 1931, .
- Hany, Nicole, « Dominique Florentin et la Renaissance Italienne à Troyes. La peinture sur verre entre 1530 et 1580 », La Vie en Champagne, ,
- Nicole Hany, « Dominique Florentin et sa famille, documents d’archives troyens », Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6e période, t. XCVII, janvier-juin 1981, p. 179-182.
- Hany, Nicole, « Dominique Florentin : nouveaux documents d’archives troyens. Ses travaux pour le mausolée de Claude de Lorraine à Joinville », dans La Haute-Marne et l’Art. Peintres, sculpteurs haut-marnais du XVIe siècle à nos jours. Recueil des communications présentées aux Journées haut-marnaises de l’art et d’histoire (Chaumont, 27- ), .
- Turquois, Michel, « Repères chronologiques sur la vie de Dominique Ricouvri, dit Le Florentin (né vers 1505 - mort en 1570 ou 1571) », Le Beau XVIe siècle Troyen, Centre troyen de recherches et d’Histoire Pierre et Nicolas Pithou (Centre Pithou), Troyes, 1989
- Wardropper, Ian, « New attributions for Domenico del Barbiere’s jubé at Saint-Étienne, Troyes », Gazette des Beaux Arts, , .
- Wardropper, Ian, « Le mécénat des Guises. Art, religion et politique au milieu du XVIe siècle », Revue de l’Art, , 1991, .
- Galletti, Sara, « L’architecture de Domenico del Barbiere : Troyes, 1548-1552 », Revue de l’Art, , 2002, .
- Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève, « Les sculpteurs de Primatice », Primatice. Maître de Fontainebleau, Josette Grandazzi (éd.), Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux 2004, .
- Provence, Jacky, « Dominique Florentin, un état de la question », La Vie en Champagne, juillet- , ,
- Marion Boudon-Machuel. « Dominique Florentin : l’œuvre sculptée en Champagne », catalogue de l’exposition Le Beau XVIe siècle. Chef-d’œuvre de la sculpture en Champagne. Hazan-Conseil Général de l’Aube. 2009.
- Wardropper, Ian, « Le sculpteur Dominique Florentin dans un contexte local, national et international », Art et artistes à Troyes et en Champagne méridionale. Fin , sous la dir. de Jacky Provence, Troyes, Centre troyen de recherche et d'études Pierre et Nicolas Pithou, 2016, , diffusion "La vie en Champagne".
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500028410, Domenico del Barbiere.The Getty Research Institute
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