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Braccesco, Carlo
BRACCESCO, CARLO. - Lombard painter, named "magister Carolus de Mediolano" in a document of 14 Nov. 1481. His first work, signed Carolus… -
Bracci, Pietro
BRACCI, PIETRO. - Sculptor and architect, b. in Rome on 16 July 1700, d. there on 13 Febr. 1773. He was perhaps a pupil of C. Rusconi, and… -
Bramante, Donato
BRAMANTE, DONATO. - Architect and painter, b. at Monte Asdrualdo (now Fermignano) near Urbino in 1444, d. at Rome on 11 April 1514.… -
Bramantino (Suandi, Bartolomeo) (BRAMANTINO (BARTOLOMEO SUANDI))
BRAMANTINO (SUANDI, BARTOLOMEO). - Milanese painter and architect. The year of his birth is not known; from the documents it appears that… -
Brambilla, Francesco the Elder (BRAMBILLA, FRANCESCO IL VECCHIO)
BRAMBILLA, FRANCESCO THE ELDER. - Sculptor, died in Milan in 1570, author of statues and reliefs in the Cathedral of that city, among which… -
Brambilla, Francesco the Younger (BRAMBILLA, FRANCESCO IL GIOVANE)
BRAMBILLA, FRANCESCO THE YOUNGER. - Sculptor, active in the second half of the 16th century, d. in Milan in 1599. He worked for the… -
Brandi, Giacinto
BRANDI, GIACINTO. - Painter, b. at Poli in 1623, d. in Rome in 1691. He was a pupil of Lanfranco, in whose workshop he remained until… -
Brandl, Petr
BRANDL, PETR. - Painter, b. in 1688 in Prague, d. in 1739 in Kutná Hora. Through the study of the Italian Caravaggisti and naturalists,… -
Braun, Matyas Bernard
BRAUN, MATYAS BERNARD. - Sculptor, b. in 1684 at Ötz in the Tyrol, d. 15 February 1738 at Prague. He trained and carried out his activity… -
Bregno, Andrea
BREGNO, ANDREA. - Sculptor and architect, b. at Righeggia near Ozeno in 1418, d. in Rome in Sept. 1503: in 1506 a funeral monument was… -
Bregno, Antonio
BREGNO, ANTONIO. - Called A. da Como. Sculptor, b. at Righeggia (Como), active with his brother Paolo in the 15th century in Venice, where… -
Brentano, Giuseppe
BRENTANO, GIUSEPPE. - Architect, b. in Milan in 1862 and d. there in 1889, a pupil of Camillo Boito. His principal work is the design for… -
Breu, Jörg, the Elder (BREU, JÖRG, IL VECCHIO)
BREU, JÖRG, THE ELDER. - Painter, woodcut artist and designer of stained glass, b. in Augsburg in c. 1475, d. there in 1537. Active (after… -
Brill
BRILL. - Family of painters from Antwerp; to it belong the brothers Matthew (b. 1550, d. in Rome 1583) and Paul (b. 1554, d. in Rome 1626),… -
Briosco, Benedetto
BRIOSCO, BENEDETTO. - Lombard architect and sculptor of the 15th century, a pupil of Amadeo, he worked especially in Milan; of his activity… -
Broederlam, Melchior
BROEDERLAM, MELCHIOR. - Flemish-Burgundian painter, b. at Ypres; documents concerning him date from 1381 to 1409. He was one of the… -
Broggio, Giulio e Ottaviano
BROGGIO, GIULIO e OTTAVIANO. - Architects. GIULIO, b. in Milan, moved very early to Bohemia, of which he became (1673) a citizen, d. at… -
Brokov (Brokoff)
BROKOV (BROKOFF). - Bohemian sculptors. FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN b. in 1688 at Červený Hrádek, d. in 1731 at Prague. His principal works of a… -
Bronzino, Angelo (Agnolo Tori)
BRONZINO, ANGELO (AGNOLO TORI). - Painter and poet, b. at Monticelli (Florence) on 17 Nov. 1503, d. on 23 Nov. 1563. As a very young man he… -
Brovikovskiy, Vladimir Lukič (BCROVIKOVSKIY, VLADIMIR LUKIČ)
BROVIKOVSKIY, VLADIMIR LUKIČ. - Painter, b. in 1727 at Mirgorod (Ukraine), d. in 1825 at St. Petersburg. Once a pupil of Levitzky, he then… -
Brueghel
BRUEGHEL. - A family of Flemish painters, whose progenitor is Pieter the Elder, who had two sons, Pieter the Younger (called "of the… -
Brunelleschi, Filippo
BRUNELLESCHI, FILIPPO. - Architect and sculptor, b. in Florence in 1377 to Brunellesco di Lippo di Tura and Giovanna di Giovanni degli… -
Brustolon, Andrea
BRUSTOLON, ANDREA. - Sculptor and carver b. 20 July 1662 at Belluno, where he also d. 25 Oct. 1732. Having learned the rudiments of the art… -
Buglioni Benedetto And Santi (BUGLIONI BENEDETTO E SANTI)
BUGLIONI BENEDETTO AND SANTI. - Continuator of the art of Della Robbia (v.), BENEDETTO (b. in Florence in 1461, d. there in 1521) appears… -
Buonconsiglio, Giovanni, known as Il Marescalco (BUONCONSIGLIO, GIOVANNI, DETTO IL MARESCALCO)
BUONCONSIGLIO, Giovanni, known as Il Marescalco. - Vicentine painter, active chiefly in Venice, where he worked from 1495 to 1535. The… -
Buon, Family (BUON, FAMIGLIA)
BUON, FAMILY. - GIOVANNI, architect and sculptor, is first recorded in Venice in 1382; d. there in 1442. He worked together with his son… -
Buontalenti, Bernardo
BUONTALENTI, BERNARDO. - Architect, sculptor, painter and miniaturist, b. in Florence ca. 1536, d. there on 6 June 1608. A very notable… -
Buonvicino (Bonvicino), Ambrogio
BUONVICINO (BONVICINO), AMBROGIO. - Sculptor and stucco worker, b. in Milan in 1552, d. in 1622 in Rome, where he had moved in 1581.… -
Burgkmair, Hans
BURGKMAIR, HANS. - German painter, draughtsman and woodcut artist, b. at Augsburg in 1473, d. there in 1531. He trained artistically under… -
Burne-Jones, Edward (BURNES-JONES, EDWARD)
BURNE-JONES, EDWARD. - Painter and decorator, b. in Birmingham in 1833, d. in London in 1898. He left his ecclesiastical studies to devote… -
Buschetto (Buscheto)
BUSCHETTO (BUSCHETO). - Architect and master builder of the cathedral of Pisa, remembered as such in a deed of donation of property to the… -
Busi, Luigi
BUSI, LUIGI. - Painter, b. in Bologna on 1/8 May 1838, d. there on 2 June 1884. In Rome, where he perfected his studies in painting, he… -
Bussola, Dionigi
BUSSOLA, DIONIGI. - Lombard sculptor, d. 1687. He trained in Rome, in the Berninian and Algardian circle; from 1645 he worked for the Milan… -
Butinone, Bernardino
BUTINONE, BERNARDINO. - Painter, b. at Treviglio (Milan) before 1463; notices up to 1507. He is one of the major representatives, along… -
Cacciatori, Benedetto
CACCIATORI, BENEDETTO. - Sculptor, b. at Carrara in 1794, d. there on 25 Sept. 1871. A pupil of Lorenzo Bartolini, in Milan he left among… -
Caccini, Giovanni Battista
CACCINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Sculptor and architect, b. probably in Florence on 24 Oct. 1556 and d. there in 1612 or '13. A pupil of Gio.… -
Caesarianus, Caesar (CESARIANO, CESARE)
CAESARIANUS, CAESAR. - Architect, painter, art writer, b. in Milan in 1483, d. there on 30 March 1543. He trained under Leonardo and… -
Cafá (Caffa, Cofa), Melchiorre (CAFÁ (CAFFA, COFA), MELCHITORRE)
CAFÁ (Caffa, Cofa), Melchiorre. - Sculptor, b. in Rome or in Malta in 1631 or 1635. He supplied the sketches and sometimes the models for… -
Caffieri
CAFFIERI. - Family of French sculptors of Italian origin. The founder, DANIELE, b. at Sorrento in 1603, d. in 1639, was an engineer in the… -
Cagnacci, Guido
CAGNACCI, GUIDO. - Painter, b. at S. Arcangelo di Romagna on 20 Jan. 1601, d. at Vienna in 1681. In Bologna he studied drawing in… -
Calamatta, Luigi
CALAMATTA, LUIGI. - Engraver and lithographer, b. at Civitavecchia on June 21, 1801 or June 12, 1802; d. at Milan on March 8, 1869. From… -
Calderini, Guglielmo
CALDERINI, GUGLIELMO. - Architect, b. in Perugia on 3 March 1837, d. in Rome on 12 February 1916. Professor of architecture first at the… -
Calegari, Family (CALEGARI, FAMIGLIA)
CALEGARI, FAMILY. - SANTO, incisore e scultore, n. a Brescia nel 1662, m. nel 1717. Operò a Roma sotto gli influssi del Bernini e… -
Callot, Jacques
CALLOT, JACQUES. - Engraver and draughtsman, b. at Nancy around 1594, d. there in 1635. In 1608 he reached Italy, after having made his… -
Camassei, Andrea
CAMASSEI, ANDREA. - Painter, b. at Bevagna on 2 Dec. 1602 and d. at Rome on 18 Aug. 1649. He was a disciple of Domenichino, but in his art… -
Cambiaso, Luca
CAMBIASO, LUCA. - Painter, b. at Moneglia on 18 Oct. 1527, he soon received his first lessons in Genoa from his father Giovanni, a good… -
Camilliani, Francesco
CAMILLIANI, FRANCESCO. - Sculptor, b. in Florence and d. there on 13 Oct. 1586, buried in the church of the Santissima Annunziata. A pupil… -
Campagnola, Giulio and Domenico (CAMPAGNOLA, GIULIO E DOMENICO)
CAMPAGNOLA, GIULIO AND DOMENICO. - Engravers and painters. GIULIO, son of Girolamo, born in Padua perhaps in 1482, died after 1514. In 1498… -
Campaña, Pedro
CAMPAÑA, PEDRO. - Painter, b. in Brussels in 1503 and d. there in 1580. His real name was Kempeneer and he was probably a pupil of Bernard… -
Campi, Giulio
CAMPI, GIULIO - The Purification of the Virgin. Fresco. Cremona, church of S. Margherita. BIBL.: A. Jülicher, s. v. in Pauly-Wissowa, III,… -
Camporese, Pietro, the Younger (CAMPORESE, PIETRO, IL GIOVANE)
CAMPORESE, PIETRO, THE YOUNGER. - Architect, b. in Rome on 22 May 1792 and d. there in 1873. He belongs to a notable family of Roman… -
Canevari (Cannevari, Cannerari), Antonio
CANEVARI (Cannevari, Cannerari), Antonio. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1681, d. in Naples ca. 1750. A pupil of Antonio Valeri, he built in… -
Caniana, Gian Battista
CANIANA, GIAN BATTISTA. - Architect, carver and inlayer, b. at Roniano on 8 May 1671, d. at Bergamo on 5 May 1745. He is the most important… -
Cano, Alonso
CANO, ALONSO. - Painter, sculptor and architect, b. at Granada on 19 March 1601, d. there on 3 Sept. 1667. Until 1638 he worked in Seville… -
Canova, Antonio
CANOVA, ANTONIO. - Sculptor, b. at Possagno on 1 Nov. 1757, d. at Venice on 13 Oct. 1822. At the beginning of his artistic career he long… -
Cantarini, Simone
CANTARINI, SIMONE. - Painter and engraver, b. at Oropezza (Pesaro) in 1612, d. at Verona on 16 Oct. 1648, a pupil of Claudio Ridolfi, he… -
Caporali, Bartolomeo
CAPORALI, BARTOLOMEO. - Painter, b. in Perugia ca. 1420 and d. in 1504 or 1505. At first a follower of Benozzo Gozzoli, he later drew… -
Caporali, Giovanni Battista, also known as Bitti (CAPORALI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, DETTO ANCHE BITTI)
CAPORALI, Giovanni Battista, also known as Bitti. - Son of Bartolomeo, born in Perugia around 1476 and died in 1560. A man of letters,… -
Cappanna, Puccio (CAPANNA, PUCCIO)
CAPPANNA, PUCCIO. - Painter; he was working in 1347 in Florence, where he kept a workshop. Vasari remembers him as a pupil and assistant of… -
Capponi, Luigi
CAPPONI, LUIGI. - Sculptor of the Lombard school, he flourished in the second half of the 15th century. In his works, almost all of them in… -
Capriani, Francesco
CAPRIANI, FRANCESCO. - Architect and sculptor, b. at Volterra before 1540 and d. at Rome around 1601. He worked in Rome; the facade of the… -
Capriolo, Domenico
CAPRIOLO, DOMENICO. - Painter, b. in Venice in 1494, d. in Treviso on 3 Oct. 1528. A pupil of P. M. Pennacchi, he was later drawn into the… -
Carabelli
CARABELLI. - Family of sculptors and stucco workers from Ticino, natives of Obino near Mendrisio. Very active between the 17th and 19th… -
Caradosso
CARADOSSO. - Cristoforo Foppa, called il C., was a goldsmith, medallist and sculptor. Born at Mondonico in Brianza c. 1452, died in 1527… -
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi (Amerighi), known as (CARAVAGGIO, MICHELANGELO MERISI (AMERIGHI), DETTO IL)
CARAVAGGIO, Michelangelo Merisi (Amerighi), known as. - Painter, son of the mason Fermo Merisi, b. at Caravaggio near Bergamo, probably on… -
Caravaggio, Sanctuary of the Madonna of (CARAVAGGIO, SANTUARIO DELLA MADONNA DI..)
From Caravaggio's activity, three periods can be established (very approximately, and without any claim to rigor): the youthful one, which… -
Carbone, Giovanni Bernardo
CARBONE, GIOVANNI BERNARDO. - Painter, b. in Genoa in 1614. As a young man he frequented the workshop of G. A. de Ferrari. Later, probably… -
Cariani, Giovanni de' Busti (CARIANI, GIOVANNI, DE' BUST)
CARIANI, GIOVANNI DE' BUSTI. - Born probably in Venice to a father from Bergamo, he studied in that city, where he was living in 1509, and… -
Carimini, Luca
CARIMINI, LUCA. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1830, d. on 14 Dec. 1890. He practiced in Rome a vast activity both in the field of religious… -
Carlini, Alberico
CARLINI, ALBERICO. - Franciscan, painter, b. at Pescia in 1705, d. in 1775. A pupil in his native town of Ottaviano Dandini; in Rome he… -
Carlone (Carloni)
CARLONE (CARLONI). - A Lombard family of architects, sculptors, painters, and decorators, active from the 15th to the 19th century in… -
Carminati, Antonio
CARMINATI, ANTONIO. - Sculptor, b. at Brembate di Sotto (Bergamo) on 2 June 1859, d. at Milan on 11 May 1908. Besides some good portraits… -
Carnelivari, Matteo
CARNELIVARI, MATTEO. - Architect, b. at Noto, he worked in Palermo at the end of the 15th century and in the early years of the 16th. He is… -
Carnivali, Giovanni, called Il Piccio (CARNEVALI, GIOVANNI, DETTO IL PICCIO)
CARNIVALI, Giovanni, called Il Piccio. - Painter, b. at Montegrino near Luino on 29 Sept. 1806, d. at Caltaro on the Po on 10 July 1873.… -
Caroselli, Angelo
CAROSELLI, ANGELO. - Painter, b. in Rome on 10 Feb. 1585, d. there on 8 Apr. 1652. Son of an antiquarian, he tempered Caravaggesque… -
Caroto
CAROTO. - Two painters of this name. GIOVANNI FRANCESCO (Verona 1480?-1555?) was the best pupil of Liberale da Verona, and was influenced… -
Carpaccio, Vittore
CARPACCIO, VITTORE. - Venetian painter, b. around 1455, d. in 1525 or 1526. According to tradition, C. was a pupil of Gentile Bellini;… -
Carpi, Ugo da
CARPI, Ugo da. - Painter and woodcutter, b. at Carpi (Modena) ca. 1480 and d. at Parma in 1532. As a painter he was judged mediocre already… -
Carracci
CARRACCI. - Family of Bolognese artists. Faced with the need to overcome Mannerism (v.) in its extreme and debased aspects of exasperated… -
Casolani, Alessandro
CASOLANI, ALESSANDRO. - Painter, born in Siena, to Agostino, in 1552, died there on 20 January 1606. After a stay in Rome, having returned… -
Castelli, Domenico, called Il Fontanino (CASTELLI, DOMENICO, DETTO IL FONTANINO)
CASTELLI, Domenico, called Il Fontanino. - Architect; date of birth unknown, d. 1657 in Rome. He was in Faenza from 1619 to 1621 (fountain… -
Castello, Bernardo
CASTELLO, BERNARDO. - Painter, b. in Genoa in 1557, d. there on 4 October 1629. He was a pupil of Andrea Semino; but, drawn by the art of… -
Castello, Giovanni Battista, known as Il Bergamasco (CASTELLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, DETTO IL BERGAMASCO)
CASTELLO, Giovanni Battista, known as Il Bergamasco. - Painter and architect, b. at Gandino (Bergamo) around 1509, d. at Madrid in 1569.… -
Catena, Vincenzo
CATENA, VINCENZO. - Venetian painter, b. c. 1470, d. 1531; he is recorded in 1506 as a "colleague" of Giorgione in the inscription on the… -
Cavagna, Giovanni Battista
CAVAGNA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Architect and painter, b. in Rome ca. 1550, d. at Loreto in 1613. A member of the Accademia di S. Luca, he… -
Cavallini, Francesco
CAVALLINI, FRANCESCO. - Sculptor, born according to some in Carrara, according to others in the Canton of Ticino, active in Rome in the… -
Cavallini, Pietro
CAVALLINI, PIETRO. - Painter and mosaicist of the Cerroni family, b. in Rome between 1240 and 1250, d. there at a very great age, perhaps a… -
Cavallino, Bernardo
CAVALLINO, BERNARDO. - Painter, b. in Naples on 10 Dec. 1622, d. there in Jan. 1654. These data, not deducible from documents but… -
Cavallucci, Antonio
CAVALLUCCI, ANTONIO. - Painter, b. at Sermoneta (Rome) on 21 Aug. 1752, d. at Rome on 18 Nov. 1795. He was a pupil of Stefano Pozzi and of… -
Cavedoni, Giacomo
CAVEDONI, GIACOMO. - Painter, b. at Sassuolo in 1577, d. at Bologna in 1660. He ingeniously managed to fuse with the Carraccesque… -
Cavenaghi, Luigi
CAVENAGHI, LUIGI. - Painter, b. at Caravaggio in 1844, d. at Milan on 31 March 1918. A pupil at the Brera Academy, he displayed in the… -
Ceccarelli, Nadd
CECCARELLI, NADD. - Sienese painter of the mid-14th century, of whom only a few signed works are known. These are: a panel with the… -
Ceracchi, Giuseppe
CERACCHI, GIUSEPPE. - Sculptor, b. in Rome on 4 July 1751, d. in Paris on 30 Jan. 1802. A pupil in Rome of Tommaso Righi, after a stay in… -
Cesari, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino (CESARI, GIUSEPPE, DETTO IL CAVALIER D'ARPINO)
CESARI, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino. - Painter, b. at Arpino (Frosinone) in 1560, d. at Rome in 1640. He served as many as ten… -
Cevakinsky, Savva
CEVAKINSKY, SAVVA. - Russian architect, b. 1733, d. 1783. He trained in the school of Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, adapting the pomp and… -
Chronicle, Simone del Pollaiolo, detto Il (CRONACA, SIMONE DEL POLLAIOLO, DETTO IL)
CHRONICLE, Simone del Pollaiolo, detto Il. - Architect, b. in Florence in 1457, d. there in 1508. His art belongs to the moment of… -
Cigoli, Cardi Ludovico detto Il
CIGOLI, CARDI LUDOVICO detto il. - Painter, architect and sculptor, b. at Cigoli (S. Miniato), 21 Sept. 1559; d. at Rome, 8 June 1613. A… -
Cimabue
CIMABUE. - Cenni di Pepo, called C., Florentine painter, b. ca. 1240. The documents tell us only that in 1272 he was in Rome, that in 1301… -
Cima da Conegliano
CIMA DA CONEGLIANO. - Painter, b. at Conegliano between 1459 and 1460 and d. there in 1517-18. In 1492 he settled in Venice, where he… -
Ciseri, Antonio
CISERI, ANTONIO. - Painter, b. at Ronco in the canton of Ticino in 1821, d. at Florence in 1891. A pupil of Bezzuoli in Florence, where he… -
Ciuffagni, Bernardo di Piero di Bartolomeo
CIUFFAGNI, BERNARDO di PIERO DI BARTOLOMEO. - Sculptor, b. in Florence in 1381, d. there in 1457. An assistant of Ghiberti on the second… -
Civitale (CIVITALI)
CIVITALE. - Family of artists. MATTEO, sculptor and architect, b. at Lucca on June 5, 1436; d. there on Oct. 12, 1501. He completed his… -
Clement, The (CLEMENTE, IL)
CLEMENT, THE. - Sogari Prospero, known as il C., sculptor and goldsmith, b. at Reggio Emilia on 16 February 1516, d. there on 25 May 1584.… -
Cleves (CLEVE)
CLEVES. - Two painters of this name. Of Joos van C. (Joos van der Beke) the Elder, the year of birth is unknown; he died in Antwerp in… -
Clouet, Jean
CLOUET, JEAN. - Painter and draughtsman, b. in the Low Countries (?) around 1485, d. in Paris in 1540. He is recorded at Tours from 1516,… -
Clovio, Giulio
CLOVIO, GIULIO. - Miniaturist, b. at Grizane in Croatia, d. at Rome on 5 Jan. 1578. His name in his native language was Jurai (that is,… -
Coda, Benedetto
CODA, BENEDETTO. - Painter, b. in Venice, or in Ferrara, or in Treviso, d. after 1530. From September 1495 he was in Rimini. Vasari… -
Coducci, Mauro detto Moro (Moretto)
CODUCCI, MAURO detto MORO (MORETTO). - Architect, b. at Lenna in Val Brembana around 1440, d. in 1504. He appears active in Venice for the… -
Coello, Claudio
COELLO, CLAUDIO. - Spanish painter and architect, b. in Madrid, baptized on 2 March 1642, d. there on 20 April 1693. A pupil in his… -
Coghetti, Francesco
COGHETTI, FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. in Bergamo on 20 July 1802, d. in Rome on 21 Apr. 1875. After studying under Diotti, he followed… -
Cola dell'Amatrice
COLA dell'AMATRICE. - Nicola Filotesio, called dell'Amatrice after his birthplace, an Abruzzese painter and architect. He lived most of his… -
Colombe, Michel
COLOMBE, MICHEL. - Sculptor, b. in Brittany around 1430-40, d. before 1519. From 1491 he settled in Tours, where in 1500 he received the… -
Comacini, Masters (COMACINI, MAESTRI)
COMACINI, MASTERS. - Builders, natives of the ancient diocese of Como. The expression "Magister Comacinus cum colligantes[sic] suis" and… -
Conca, Sebastiano
CONCA, SEBASTIANO. - Painter, b. at Gaeta on 8 Jan. 1679 (or according to others 1676 or 1680) and d. at Naples in 1764. A pupil at Naples… -
Condivi, Ascanio
CONDIVI, ASCANIO. - Writer and painter, b. at Ripatransone in the Marche perhaps in 1525, and d. at Rome in 1574. Nothing is known of his… -
Contini, Giovanbattista
CONTINI, GIOVANBATTISTA. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1641 and d. there in 1723. Rather than from his father Francesco, an architect of very… -
Coppo di Marcovaldo
COPPO di MARCOVALDO. - Florentine painter. Taken prisoner by the Sienese during the battle of Montaperti (1260), he painted, to ransom… -
Corenzio, Belisario
CORENZIO, BELISARIO. - Painter of Greek origin, b. in Acaia in the province of Lecce around 1560 and d. after 1640. He seems to have… -
Cornacchini, Agostino
CORNACCHINI, AGOSTINO. - Sculptor, b. at Pescia in 1685 and d. at Rome shortly after 1740. A pupil of G. B. Foggini, he embraced the… -
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
COROT, JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE. - Painter, b. in Paris on 16 July 1796, d. there on 22 Feb. 1875. Encouraged by the painter A. E. Michallon,… -
Corradini, Antonio
CORRADINI, ANTONIO. - Sculptor, b. at Este toward the end of the 17th century, d. at Naples on 12 Aug. 1752. An excellent decorator, he… -
Correggio, Antonio Allegri, Known as Il (CORREGGIO, ANTONIO ALLEGRI, DETTO IL)
CORREGGIO, Antonio Allegri, Known as Il. - B. at Correggio di Reggio Emilia before 30 Aug. 1489, d. there, 5 March 1534. Perhaps he began… -
Corte (Corti, Curte), Niccolò da
CORTE (Corti, Curte), Niccolò da. - Sculptor b. at Cima di Valsolda (Lugano), it is not known when; d. at Granada in 1552. In Genoa in 1530… -
Costa, Lorenzo
COSTA, LORENZO. - Painter, b. in Ferrara around 1460, d. in Mantua on 3 May 1535. He was a pupil in his native city of Cosmè Tura, as the… -
Courtois, Jacques, detto Il Borgognone
COURTOIS, Jacques, detto Il Borgognone. - Painter and engraver, b. 12 Feb. 1621 at St-Hippolyte in Franche-Comté and d. in Rome on 14 Nov.… -
Cousin, Jean, Il Vecchio
COUSIN, Jean, Il Vecchio. - French painter, woodcut artist, sculptor: b. ca. 1490 at Sens (?), d. at Paris ca. 1561. From 1538 he is… -
Coustou, Family (COUSTOU, FAMIGLIA)
COUSTOU, FAMILY. - Family of French sculptors. NICOLAS, b. in Lyon on 8 Jan. 1658, d. in Paris on 1 May 1773, was a pupil of his uncle A.… -
Coysevox, Charles-Antoine
COYSEVOX, CHARLES-ANTOINE. - Sculptor, b. in Lyon on 29 Sept. 1640, d. in Paris on 10 Oct. 1720. He first followed the Berninian manner,… -
Cozzarelli, Giacomo
COZZARELLI, GIACOMO. - Son of Bartolomeo di Marco. Sculptor and architect, b. in Siena on 20 Nov. 1455, d. on 23 March 1515. He resided in… -
Cozzarelli, Guidoccio
COZZARELLI, GUIDOCCIO. - Sienese painter and miniaturist, documented from 1450 to 1516. His first signed work is a panel with the Madonna… -
Cranach, Lukas Il Vecchio
CRANACH, LUKAS il Vecchio. - German painter, woodcut artist and draughtsman, b. at Kronach (Franconia) in 1472, d. at Weimar on 16 Oct.… -
Crespi, Daniele
CRESPI, DANIELE. - Painter, b. at Busto Arsizio ca. 1600, d. at Milan in 1630. Trained on the examples of Giovan Battista Crespi,… -
Crespi, Giovanni Battista, Known as Il Cerano (CRESPI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, DETTO IL CERANO)
CRESPI, Giovanni Battista, Known as Il Cerano. - Painter, architect and sculptor, b. at Cerano in 1557, d. at Milan in 1633. He worked not… -
Crespí, Giuseppe Maria, Called Lo Spagnolo (CRESPÍ, GIUSEPPE MARIA, DETTO LO SPAGNOLO)
CRESPÍ, Giuseppe Maria, Called Lo Spagnolo. - Painter, b. in Bologna on 16 March 1665, d. there on 16 July 1747. He studied in his native… -
Creti, Donato
CRETI, DONATO. - Painter and engraver, b. in Cremona on 24 Feb. 1677, d. in Bologna on 29 Jan. 1749. He worked mostly in the latter city,… -
Crivelli, Carlo And Vittore (CRIVELLI, CARLO E VITTORE)
CRIVELLI, CARLO AND VITTORE. - Painters: CARLO b. in Venice between 1430-35 and d. there between 1493-95. He trained in the Paduan school… -
Crivelli, Taddeo
CRIVELLI, TADDEO. - Illuminator and painter, also called Taddeo da Ferrara, b. between 1420 and 1430 (it is uncertain whether at Mantua or… -
Daddi, Bernardo
DADDI, BERNARDO. - Florentine painter of the so-called group of the "Giotteschi." Notices from c. 1317 (enrollment in the Arte dei medici e… -
Dalle Masegne, Jacobello and Pietropaolo (DALLE MASEGNE, JACOBELLO E PIETROPAOLO)
DALLE MASEGNE, JACOBELLO AND PIETROPAOLO. - Venetian sculptors and architects, brothers, also called "da Venezia". Of Pietropaolo, as… -
Dalmasio Lippo
DALMASIO LIPPO. - Also called L. delle Madonne; Bolognese painter, b. around 1352, d. between 1410 (date of his will) and 1421 (the year in… -
Damiano of Bergamo (DAMIANO DA BERGAMO)
DAMIANO OF BERGAMO. - In the world Zambelli D., an inlay-worker friar, born in Bergamo between 1490 and 1500, died in Bologna on 30 August… -
Daniele da Volterra
DANIELE DA VOLTERRA - The Assumption. Fresco in the Rovere Chapel in the Church of the Trinità dei Monti. The last figure on the right, in… -
Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli)
DANIELE da VOLTERRA (DANIELE RICCIARELLI). - Painter and sculptor, b. at Volterra ca. 1509, d. at Rome on 4 April 1566. His first pictorial… -
Danti, Vincenzo
DANTI, VINCENZO. - Sculptor and art theorist, b. in Perugia in 1530, d. there on 26 May 1576. A follower, though not a direct pupil, of… -
David, Gérard
DAVID, GÉRARD. - Painter, b. at Oudewater near Gouda (southern Holland) between 1450 and 1460, d. at Bruges on 13 Aug. 1523. He is the… -
David, Jacques-Louis
DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS. - Painter, b. in Paris on 30 Aug. 1748, d. in Brussels on 29 Dec. 1825. He is the greatest painter of the… -
De Barbari, Jacopo
DE BARBARI, JACOPO. - Venetian painter and engraver, born in all likelihood in Venice between 1440 and 1450, died after 1511. Known in… -
De Bardi, Giovanni Di Antonio Minelli
DE BARDI, GIOVANNI di ANTONIO MINELLI. - Sculptor and architect, b. in Padua around the middle of the 15th century, d. in 1527. He is… -
De Carolis (De Karolis), Adolfo
DE CAROLIS (DE KAROLIS), ADOLFO. - Painter and engraver, b. at Montafiore dell'Aso, 6 Jan. 1874 and d. at Rome, 7 Feb. 1928. Having entered… -
Delacroix, Eugène
DELACROIX, EUGÈNE. - Painter b. at Charenton St-Maurice on 25 Apr. 1794, d. at Paris on 13 Aug. 1863. First a pupil of Guérin (1816) and… -
Del Colle, Raffaellino
DEL COLLE, RAFFAELLINO. - Raffaello di Michelangelo di Luca di Michelangelo dal Colle, painter, b. at Borgo Sansepolcro in about 1490, d.… -
Del Cossa, Francesco
DEL COSSA, FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. in Ferrara in 1436, d. there in 1478. Having settled in Bologna in 1470, he restored there in 1472 and… -
Del Duca, Jacopo
DEL DUCA, JACOPO. - Sicilian architect and sculptor; b. perhaps at Cefalù, around 1520, he assisted in Michelangelo's workshop in the last… -
De Litio, Andrea
DE LITIO, ANDREA. - Abruzzese painter of the second half of the fifteenth century. In the church of S. Maria Maggiore in Guardiagrele there… -
Della Gatta, Bartolomeo (Pier di Antonio dei)
DELLA GATTA, Bartolomeo (Pier di Antonio dei). - Camaldolese monk, painter, miniaturist and architect, b. in 1448 in Florence, d. in Arezzo… -
Della Greca
DELLA GRECA. - Two architects of this name were active in Rome in the seventeenth century. VINCENZO, b. at Palermo, d. after 1652. Having… -
Della Porta, Giacomo
DELLA PORTA, GIACOMO. - Born probably in Lombardy around 1540 and died in Rome in 1604. After a youthful period of activity in Genoa, where… -
Della Quercia, Jacopo
DELLA QUERCIA, JACOPO. - Sculptor, b. at Quercia, a castle near Siena, probably in 1367, d. there on 20 October 1438. Nothing precise is… -
Della Robbia, Family (DELLA ROBBIA, FAMIGLIA)
DELLA ROBBIA, FAMILY. - LUCA. Sculptor and modeller, b. in Florence in 1400, d. there on 10 February 1482. In 1431 he began the cantoria of… -
Denis, Maurice
DENIS, MAURICE. - Painter, b. at Granville (Manche) on 25 Nov. 1870, d. in Paris on 13 Nov. 1943. He is one of the most significant… -
Dente, Marco
DENTE, MARCO. - Engraver, b. in Ravenna ca. 1492; d. in Rome in 1527. A pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi, he did not have a strong personality… -
Derand (Derrand), François
DERAND (DERRAND), FRANÇOIS. - French architect, b. in the diocese of Metz on 20 Feb. 1591, entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen on 25 Apr.… -
De Roberti, Ercole
DE ROBERTI, ERCOLE. - Painter, b. in Ferrara in 1456 (or c. 1450), d. in 1496. Since in documents he sometimes appears with his mother's… -
Derome (De Rome)
DEROME (DE ROME). - A family of Parisian bookbinders active from the 17th century onward, of which 14 members are known. The most famous is… -
De Rossi, Giovanni Antonio
DE ROSSI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1616, d. there on 9 October 1695. Raised in the environment dominated by the great… -
De Rossi, Mattia
DE ROSSI, MATTIA. - Architect, b. in Rome on 14 Jan. 1637, d. there on 2 Aug. 1695; he worked with Bernini and accompanied him to France.… -
Desiderio da Settignano
DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO. - Florentine sculptor, b. at Settignano ca. 1428-31, d. January 16, 1464. Trained perhaps in the workshop of… -
Diana, Benedetto Rusconi, detto Il
DIANA, BENEDETTO RUSCONI, detto il. - Painter, b. in Venice around 1460, d. there in 1525. In 1515, in collaboration with Lazzaro Bastiani,… -
Díaz del Ribero, Francisco (DIAZ DEL RIBERO, FRANCISCO)
DÍAZ DEL RIBERO, FRANCISCO. - Spanish sculptor and architect, b. at Mazcuerras (Santander) in Jan. 1592, d. at Granada on 1 Apr. 1670. He… -
Dientzenhofer Family (DIENTZENHOFER, FAMIGLIA)
DIENTZENHOFER, FAMILY - German architects originally from Aibling in Bavaria, divided into two branches, one active in Bamberg and the… -
Dolci, Carlo
DOLCI, CARLO. - Painter, b. in Florence on 25 May 1616, d. there on 17 Jan. 1686. A pupil of Jacopo Vignali and of Matteo Rosselli, his… -
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri, called Il) (DOMENICHINO (DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, DETTO IL))
DOMENICHINO (Domenico Zampieri, called Il). - Painter, b. in Bologna on 21 Oct. 1581, d. in Naples on 6 Apr. 1641. In his native city he… -
Domenico di Bartolo
DOMENICO di BARTOLO - Sienese painter, b. at Asciano di Siena. By 1428 he was already enrolled in the register of Sienese painters, and in… -
Donatello (Donato Di Niccolò De' Bardi)
DONATELLO (Donato Di Niccolò De' Bardi). - Sculptor, b. in Florence in 1386, d. there in 1466. Alongside Brunelleschi, architect, and… -
Donner, Georg Raphael
DONNER, GEORG RAPHAEL. - Austrian sculptor, b. at Esslingen on 24 May 1693, d. at Vienna on 15 Feb. 1741. A pupil from 1706 of Giovanni… -
Doré, Paul-Gustave
DORÉ, PAUL-GUSTAVE. - French engraver, painter and sculptor, b. in Strasbourg on 6 Jan. 1832, d. in Paris on 23 Jan. 1883. His truly… -
Dosio, Giovanni Antonio
DOSIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Architect and sculptor, b. in 1535 at Florence or San Gimignano, d. after 1609 at Naples or Rome. He was sixteen… -
Dosso
DOSSO. - GIOVANNI DOSSI, called D., son of Nicola dei Luteri of Trentino, born in Ferrara probably after 1480, died there in 1542. The… -
Dublocq, Jean
DUBLOCQ, JEAN. - Belgian architect, b. at Mons on 25 March 1583, d. there on 25 Jan. 1656. Having entered the Society of Jesus as a… -
Duccio di Buoninsegna
DUCCIO di BUONINSEGNA. - Sienese painter. The first record of his activity is from 1278, the year in which the Commune of Siena paid him… -
Dupre, Giovanni (DUPRÈ, GIOVANNI)
DUPRE, GIOVANNI. - Born in Siena on March 1, 1817, died in Florence on Jan. 10, 1882. A pupil in Florence of L. Magi and V. Cambi, he was… -
Duquesnoy, François, detto Il Fiammingo (DU QUESNOY, FRANÇOIS, DETTO IL FIAMMINGO)
DUQUESNOY, François, detto Il Fiammingo. - Sculptor, b. in Brussels on 12 January 1594, d. in Livorno on 12 July 1643. He received his… -
Dürer, Albrecht
DÜRER, ALBRECHT. - German painter, woodcut artist, engraver, draughtsman and art theorist; b. in Nuremberg on 21 May 1471, d. there on 6… -
Elsheimer, Adam
ELSHEIMER, ADAM. - Painter and engraver, b. in Frankfurt am Main in 1576, d. in Rome on 11 Dec. 1610 and buried in the church of S. Lorenzo… -
Embriachi (Embriaci)
EMBRIACHI (EMBRIACI). - A family of carvers in bone and ivory active in Venice between the 14th and 15th centuries. BALDASSARRE is the most… -
Empoli, Jacopo Chimenti detto L'
EMPOLI, JACOPO CHIMENTI detto l'. - Painter b. at Empoli ca. 1554, d. at Florence on 30 Sept. 1640, a pupil of Maso di S. Friano, a… -
Fabbris, Giuseppe
FABBRIS, GIUSEPPE. - Sculptor, b. at Nove di Bassano on 19 Aug. 1790, d. at Rome on 22 Aug. 1860. He studied in Milan with Gaetano Monti… -
Fancelli Family (FANCELLI, FAMIGLIA)
FANCELLI FAMILY. - Tuscan artists, among whom are, in chronological order, Luca, Domenico, Pandolfo, Cosimo. LUCA (b. at Settignano in… -
Fansaga (Fansago, Fanzago, Fonsaga), Cosimo
FANSAGA (Fansago, Fanzago, Fonsaga), Cosimo. - Architect, sculptor and decorator, b. at Clusone (Bergamo) in 1592, d. at Naples on 13 Feb.… -
Fattori, Giovanni
FATTORI, GIOVANNI. - Painter, b. in Livorno on 6 Sept. 1825, d. in Florence on 30 Aug. 1908. He is the most famous and the greatest of the… -
Ferrari (de Ferrari), Defendente
FERRARI (DE FERRARI), DEFENDENTE. - Piedmontese painter of the 16th century, whose known works date from 1500 (Assumption, Museum of… -
Ferrari, Gaudenzio
FERRARI, GAUDENZIO. - Piedmontese painter, b. at Valduggia, near Borgosesia, c. 1471 (according to others c. 1480), d. at Milan on 31… -
Ferrata, Ercole
FERRATA, ERCOLE. - Sculptor, b. at Pellio inferiore (Como) in 1610, d. in Rome on 10 July 1686. He worked in Naples and in the Abruzzi,… -
Ferri, Ciro
FERRI, CIRO. - Painter, b. in Rome in 1634, d. there on 13 Sept. 1689. He was a pupil and collaborator of Pietro Berrettini da Cortona.… -
Ferrucci Family (FERRUCCI, FAMIGLIA)
FERRUCCI FAMILY. - Famiglia di scultori (secc. XV e XVI) originaria di Fiesole. Sono maggiormente degni di menzione: -
Filarete
FILARETE. - Antonio Averlino or Averulino, called il F., Italian sculptor and architect, b. in Florence around 1400, d. after 1465. The son… -
Finiguerra, Maso
FINIGUERRA, MASO. - Goldsmith, niellist and draughtsman, b. in Florence in March 1426, d. there in Aug. 1464. A pupil of his father… -
Fiorenzo Di Lorenzo
FIORENZO di LORENZO. - Painter, b. in Perugia ca. 1445, d. before 1525. Educated in the traditionalist Umbrian milieu that had in Niccolò… -
Fischer Von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (FISCHER, ERLACH JOHANN BERNHARD VON)
FISCHER VON ERLACH, JOHANN BERNHARD. - Architect, b. in Graz in 1656, d. in Vienna on 5 April 1723. He is the greatest of the Austrian… -
Flandrin, Jean-Hippolyte (FLANDRIN, JEAN-HYPPOLITE)
FLANDRIN, JEAN-HIPPOLYTE. - Born in Lyons on 23 March 1809, died in Rome on 31 March 1864. After studying in his homeland from 1829, he was…