\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \qj \f1 \fs24 \b Daniele da Volterra, called Daniele Ricciarelli (1509-1566)\par
\b0 Daniele da Volterra is an exponent of the
artistic tendency in painting that abandoned the formal and bizarre abstract quality of early mannerism and moved towards a measured form of eclecticism that led to the art of the academy. His first education as painter was in the School of Sodoma and Pe
ruzzi. While still very young, he moved to Rome and became a pupil and assistant to Perin del Vaga, but immediately fell under the influence of the Raphaelite manner as may be seen in his "\i Life of Fabio Massimo"\i0 in the Palazzo Massimo (Rome). Fasc
inated by the monumentalism and the plastic expressiveness of Michelangelo, he remained faithful to MichelangeloÆs models, even in the execution of his sculptures, which he interpreted through intense religious meditation. In his "\i Deposition"\i0 in t
he Orsini Chapel in the Church of Trinitα dei Monti, the art of this painter reaches its highest form of expression by following an intelligent and deeply spiritual and formal emulation of the world of Michelangelo. Remembered by the name ôBraghettoneö (
ôbreechesö) for having carried out the task of covering up the nudity in the "\i Last Judgement"\i0 , Daniele died shortly afterwards on February 8, 1566, the same day of the same month as Michelangelo.\par
