BELBELLO da PAVIA (LUCHINO B.). — Illuminator. Documented from 1448 to 1462. He worked at the court of Mantua for the Gonzaga and at that of Milan for Francesco Sforza; besides various minor works, a Missal of his remains in Mantua and a Bible in the Vatican Library, which, on account of its exquisite decorative taste, earned him a reputation as one of the most notable illuminators of the fifteenth century.
BIBL.: F. Malaguzzi Valeri, s. V. in Thieme-Becker, III, p. 221; P. D'Ancona, La miniature italienne, Paris-Brussels 1925 (v. indice); P. Toesca, Studi e monumenti per la storia della miniatura ital., I, Milan 1930, pp. 105-106. Maria Donati