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Augsburg; Death of St. Benedict, St. Emmeram's, Ratisbon; Assumption, St. Stephen's, Vienna.
SPINELLI, PARRI, born in Arezzo in
1387, died there in 1452. Florentine school;
son of Spinello Spinelli, and probably his
pupil, but an imitator of Lorenzo Monaco.
He was a third-rate artist, below the Gerini
in talent, though Vasari, his townsman, saw
fit to praise him. Some of his frescos, much
overpainted, exist in S. Domenico, in S.
Maria della Misericordia, and in S. Francesco,
Arezzo.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 25; Vasari,
ed. Le Mon., ii. 198; iii. 144; ed. Mil., ii.
275; Siret, 880; Burckhardt, 493.
SPINELLI, SPINELLO, born at Arezzo
about 1333, died there, March 14, 1410.
Florentine school. Son of Luca Spinelli,
of a Ghibelline family that took refuge at
Arezzo about 1308; commonly called Spinello
Aretino or d' Arezzo. Pupil of Jacopo
di Casentino, and at twenty a better painter
than his master. He was of great merit,
following the style developed by Jacopo and
by Bernardo Daddi, but rose above them
and represented the spirit of Giotto's school
at the close of the 14th century better than
any other artist of his time. He had, indeed,
many of the qualities of Giotto,
though compared with him he is a bold
decorator, careless of form and of detail.
The Florence Academy has a Madonna with
Saints and Angels, signed and dated 1391;
and a church in Arezzo his Madonna della
Rosa; but he is seen at his best in his
frescos, especially Life of St. Benedict
(1385), Sacristy of S. Miniato, near Florence;
History of SS. Ephesus and Potitus
(1391), Campo Santo, Pisa; Barbarossa and
Pope Alexander III., Palazzo Pubblico,
Siena; and Lucifer and the Rebel Angels
(fragment belonging to Sir A. H. Layard,
England), in S. Francesco, Arezzo.—C. & C.,
Italy, ii. 7; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 185; ed.
Mil., i. 677; W. & W., i. 477; Burckhardt,
493, 495, 498, 504.
SPITZER, EMANUEL, born at Pápa,
Hungary, Oct. 30, 1845. Genre painter,
mostly self-taught; worked in Paris in
1864-67, for "L'Art pour tous," settled in
Munich in 1871, and is one of the contributors
to "Fliegende Blätter." Works: Fisher
Boy (1873); Girl at the Well, Girl playing
among Flowers (1875); Little Darling, Surprise
for Papa (1877); Sweet Gossip (1878);
Permission for Dancing (1884); They are
coming! (1885).—Wurzbach, xxxvi. 186;
Allgem. K. Chr., viii. 587.
SPITZWEG, KARL, born in Munich,
Feb. 5, 1808, died
there, Sept. 13, 1885.
Genre and landscape
painter, pupil of
Hanson; for several
years illustrator for
the comic paper
"Fliegende Blätter."
His pictures are
marked by genuine
humour, and he has been called the Jean
Paul of painters. Order of St. Michael in
1865. Works: Sunday Hunter (1844);
Widower (1845); Policeman catching Flies
(1852); Bookworm (1853); Writer cutting
Pen (1854); Schoolmaster serenading his
Sweetheart, Old Gentleman in Favourite
Spot, Provinzial Museum, Hanover; School
Children (1859), Itinerant Dramatic Company
resting; Librarian, Biblical Interpretation
(1860); Portrait Painter (1862), Prague
Art Union; Women of Dachau at Forest
Chapel, Letter-Carrier (1862); Mail Coach,
Meeting of Old Friends (1863); Geologist,
Astrologer (1864); Turkish Coffee-House
(1862), Hermit playing the Violin, Group of
Alpine Herdswomen, Hypochondriac examining
the Weather, Lovers Parting, Serenade
from Barber of Seville (1865), Schack Gallery,
Munich; Ascent of Alp, Descent from
do. (1870); In the Garret (1882), Two Hermits,
New Pinakothek, Munich.—Allgem.
K. Chr., ix. 777, 1001; Graph. K., v. 44;
Kunst f. Alle, i. 24; Müller, 500; Regnet,
ii. 268; Schack, Meine Gemäldesammlung
(1884), 194; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iv. 115; xxi. 77.
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