RAFFAELLINO del GARBO. — Florentine painter, born around 1470, lived until about 1525.
He was formerly distinguished into as many artists of differing training (all active in Florence at the same period and bearing the same first name) as there are signatures (de' Carli, de' Capponi, da Firenze) found in the works attributed to him by Vasari, as well as by the nickname (del G.) by which he was usually called. The diversity of styles is explained by assuming that the painter, having come to Rome as an assistant to Filippino Lippi to fresco the Carafa Chapel at the Minerva, where he is said to have painted the damaged Sibyls on the vault, subsequently entered the service of Pier Matteo d'Amelia, a pupil of Pinturicchio, from whom he would have learned Umbrian methods. Among the signed and documented works are: Madonna and Saints, Uffizi, 1500; Mass of St. Gregory, formerly Benson, 1501; Madonna in Glory, S. Maria degli Angeli near Siena, 1502; Madonna and Saints, Florence, S. Spirito, 1505; St. Giovanni Gualberto, Valombrosa, Pieve, 1507–1509.
(by courtesy of Dr. B. Degenhart)
RAFFAELLINO DEL GARBO - Virgin and Child between Saints Nicola, Bernardo, Domenico, and Pietro Martire - Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum.