BOCCACCINO, Boccaccino. — Painter, born in Ferrara around 1467, died in Cremona in 1524 or 1525. He received his initial artistic training in his hometown, influenced by Ercole Grandi and Ercole de' Roberti; later, in Venice, he studied under Alvise Vivarini and Cima da Conegliano. He drew elements from Costa, Foppa, and Bramantino, and was influenced by Dürer’s motifs.
The major work of Boccaccino consists of the frescoes in the Cremona Cathedral (1506: Christ and Saints, in the apse; 1515–19: Stories of the Virgin, in the left nave), in which—especially in the typology of the figures—Perugino’s superficial intervention is evident. Among his other paintings are the *Espousal of St. Catherine* (executed under the influence of Cima), notable for the balance of its composition and the splendor of its color; the frescoes in the Ferrara Cathedral, where Boccaccino worked with L. Costa and Grimaldi (1498–99); and *La Zingarella* in the Uffizi. Though not highly original, Boccaccino’s personality significantly influenced contemporary Cremonese painting. His pupil was his son CAMILLO (d. 1546), who painted in Cremona’s Duomo, imitating Pordenone, and in the apse of San Sigismondo.