Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Art & architecture Artists

Diana, Benedetto Rusconi, called Il

DIANA, BENEDETTO RUSCONI, DETTO IL

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DIANA, BENEDETTO RUSCONI, Called Il. - Painter, b. in Venice around 1460, d. there in 1525. In 1515, in collaboration with Lazzaro Bastiani, he worked on some standards for St. Mark's.

His signed works are a Sacra conversazione in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Venice, an Assumption in S. Maria della Croce near Crema, and a Savior in the Galleria Corsini in Rome. On the basis of these paintings, others have been attributed to him in Italian and foreign collections. Living in an environment dominated by the major personalities from Carpaccio to Giovanni Bellini, D. nonetheless took on individual stylistic characteristics in pursuing effects of strong relief by means of a deeply incisive drawing commented upon by intense colors.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: Hadelin, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, IX, pp. 204-205; A. Morassi, s. v. in Enc. Ital., XII (1931), p. 744.

Emilio Lavagnino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1552–1553.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Diana, benedetto rusconi, detto il.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1552–1553. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/diana-benedetto-rusconi-detto-il.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Diana, benedetto rusconi, detto il.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1552–1553. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/diana-benedetto-rusconi-detto-il.

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  author    = {Lavagnino, Emilio},
  title     = {Diana, benedetto rusconi, detto il},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1552--1553},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/diana-benedetto-rusconi-detto-il}
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