TORMOLI, AMBROCINO. - Dominican, glass painter, b. at Soncino before 1450, d. at Bologna in 1527.
He entered the Dominicans at Bologna as a lay brother and, under the blessed Giacomo Griesinger, called Alamanno or of Ulm, served his apprenticeship in the art of glass painting, collaborating with this famous master. For example, in the chapel of the notaries at St. Petronius in Bologna their joint paintings, still preserved today, are distinguished by Italian design and by a German character in the colors; likewise those in the church of St. James at Soncino, executed between 1490 and 1500. T.'s artistic activity is documented at Milan (the Cathedral [1492], St. Mary of the Graces, St. Mary of the Rose, demolished in 1829), at Venice, at Bologna (St. Petronius, St. Dominic). In 1517, at an advanced age, he was still working. Out of gratitude T. also wrote the life of the blessed Giacomo, his master, which Silvestro di Prierio, Isidoro Isolani and Giovanni Antonio Flaminio translated into Latin (cf. Acta SS. Octobris, V, Paris-Rome 1868, pp. 793-803, where the Vita is given in the version of Fr. Isidoro da Milano).
Bibliography3 worksQuétif-Echard, I, p. 35; V. Marchese, Memorie dei più insigni pittori, etc., 4th ed., Bologna 1878, pp. 454, 461-63, suppl. 523-24; F. Malag
BIBL.: Quétif-Echard, I, p. 35; V. Marchese, Memorie dei più insigni pittori, etc., 4th ed., Bologna 1878, pp. 454, 461-63, suppl. 523-24; F. Malaguzzi-Valeri, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, I, Leipzig 1907, pp. 369-70, with bibliography.
Walz, Angelo. “Tormoli, ambrocino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 328. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/tormoli-ambrocino.
MLA
Walz, Angelo. “Tormoli, ambrocino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 328. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tormoli-ambrocino.
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@incollection{ec12_tormoli_ambrocino,
author = {Walz, Angelo},
title = {Tormoli, ambrocino},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XII},
pages = {328},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1954},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/tormoli-ambrocino}
}
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