Giusto Utens
Illustration — Villa La Petraia by Giusto Utens Giusto Utens or Justus Utens (died 1609) was a Flemish painter who is remembered for the series of Medicean villas in lunette form that he painted for the third Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I, in 1599–1602.
Also recorded as Iustus van Utens
Giusto Utens
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- Born
- 1600 · Brussels metropolitan area.
- Died
- 1609 · Carrara.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Series of the Medici villas
- Languages
- Dutch
In this article
Medici villas
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Carrara. Works named in the authority record are Series of the Medici villas. Work by Giusto Utens is recorded in the collections of Villa La Petraia and Museo di Firenze com'era.
The Medici villas illustrated by Utens from a bird's-eye perspective are: • Villa Medici del Trebbio • Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo • Palazzo Pitti, the Boboli Gardens and Fort Belvedere • Villa Medici di Castello • Villa Medici La Petraia • Villa di Pratolino • Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana • Villa di Lappeggi • Villa di Poggio a Caiano • Villa di Serravezza • Villa La Magia • Villa Di Marignolle • Villa di Montevettolini • Villa di Colle Salvetti The three missing lunettes are thought to be the Villa di Artimino and perhaps the Villa Medici di Careggi. In the early twentieth century an anonymous artist completed the scheme, based on eighteenth-century vedute illustrating the villa at Careggi, that at Cerreto Guidi and Villa del Poggio Imperiale, which in the sixteenth century was still the Villa di Poggio Baroncelli.
Location
Of the seventeen Utens paintings, fourteen have survived, and were displayed in the history museum of Florence, the Museo di Firenze com'era, until its closure in 2010. They were transferred in 2014 to a new permanent gallery at Petraia Villa Medici.
Lunettes of the Medicean villas
• Illustration — Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens • Illustration — Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana • Illustration — Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo • Illustration — Villa di Castello • Illustration — Villa La Magia • Illustration — Villa La Petraia • Illustration — Villa di Lappeggi • Illustration — Villa di Pratolino • Illustration — Villa del Trebbio • Illustration — Villa di Colle Salvetti • Illustration — Villa di Poggio a Caiano • Illustration — Villa di Marignolle • Illustration — Villa di Montevettolini • Illustration — Villa di Seravezza
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Brussels metropolitan area.
Birth place
Carrara.
Death place
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Mignani, Daniela. The Medicean Villas by Giusto Utens. Arnaud. 1995. 88-8015-000-6.
- 2.Giusto Utens Lunettes in Petraia Villa Medici.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Ballerini, Isabella. The Medici Villas: The Complete Guide. Giunti. 2003. 978-88-09-02995-8.
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