MAINARDI, Bastiano (b. 1466, San Gimignano, d. 1513, Firenze) |
Annunciation (detail)c. 1482Fresco Loggia del Comune, Collegiata, San Gimignano | |
It was supposedly Bastiano Mainardi, using the design of his brother-in-law, Domenico Ghirlandaio, who painted this fresco of Annunciation about 1482 in his native town of San Gimignano. This is largely a poor imitation of Leonardo's famous Annunciation. Only the lectern, the details of which are reminiscent of Flemish still-lifes, shows originality. Recent research gave the painting to Domenico Ghirlandaio, considering that Mainardi was a mere fourteen years old in 1482 when the painting was executed. The detail shows the right side of the fresco depcting the Virgin. |