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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Alessandro Casolani
1552–1607 · Italian
- Born
- 1552 · Mensano
- Died
- 1607 · Siena
10 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Alessandro Casolani (1552–1606), also called Alessandro della Torre, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was active mainly in Siena.
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Alessandro Casolani (1552–1606), also called Alessandro della Torre, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Siena. Casolani was born at Siena in 1552, and was the pupil of Ventura Salimbeni and of Cristoforo Roncalli. His works are principally in the churches of Siena, but are also found in Naples and Genoa. He also etched one plate, a Madonna. His son, Ilario Casolani was also a painter. Among the pupils of Casolani are Bernardino Capitelli, Sebastiano Folli, and Giovanni Biliverti.
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Selected registered works by Alessandro Casolani
Selected from 10 works by Alessandro Casolani in the Collect24 Registry.
Alessandro Casolani
Putto, 1552-1607
Sort- og rødkridt
23.3 × 17 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-293734
Alessandro Casolani
Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) A Kitchen Maid (verso), second half 1500s
black chalk(?) with traces of red chalk
21.3 × 14 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218836
Alessandro Casolani
Tre studier til Maria Magdalene i profil mod højre, 1552-1607
Sort- og rødkridt med rødlig lavering
28.6 × 19.9 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-215330
Alessandro Casolani
Maria Magdalene med et kranie i sin favn, 1552-1607
Sort- og rødkridt med rødlig lavering
28.6 × 19.9 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-208125
Alessandro Casolani
Ung kvinde som betragter et kranium, 1567-1591
Olie på lærred
82 × 64 cm
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
C24-105265

Alessandro Casolani
Sketches of Two Putti, One Holding Hand of Dead Christ (recto); Torso and Legs of Kneeling Figure (verso), n.d.
Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper
24 × 30.9 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-1125338
Alessandro Casolani
Design for a Wall Tomb with Saint Bernardino and Saint Anthony Abbot, 16th century
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
28.8 × 19.7 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-560100

Alessandro Casolani
A Kitchen Maid (verso), 1550–1600
black chalk(?)
21.3 × 14 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-225493

Alessandro Casolani
Studies for a Crucifixion, 16th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
10.1 × 11.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-607398
Alessandro Casolani
The Assumption of the Virgin, 16th-17th century
Black, white and red chalk on blue antique laid paper
27.8 × 20.6 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-560042
Alessandro Casolani
Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Matthew and Cecilia, 16th-17th century
Brown ink and brown wash on tan antique laid paper
39.6 × 24.2 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-549436

Alessandro Casolani
Profile of a Woman's Head (recto), 1550–1600s
black chalk(?) with traces of red chalk
21.3 × 14 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217525
Museums and collections
Where works by Alessandro Casolani are registered
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
5 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
3 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
1 work
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