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Abbatini, Guidobaldo
ABBATINI, GUIDOBALDO. - Painter, b. at Città di Castello in 1600 or 1605, d. at Rome in 1656. After an education in his homeland that… -
Accepted (ACCETTO)
ACCEPTED. - Apulian marble-worker of the 11th century. A pulpit in the cathedral of Canosa bears his name and that of the patron: «Per… -
Achtermann, Theodor Wilhelm
ACHTERMANN, THEODOR WILHELM. - Sculptor, b. in 1799 at Münster, d. in 1884 at Rome. A pupil of Fr. Tieck and of Rauch at the Berlin… -
Adamo of Arogno (ADAMO DI AROGNO)
ADAMO OF AROGNO. - Architect active in the first decades of the 13th century. He is remembered by documents as superintendent of the… -
Ademollo, Luigi and Carlo (ADEMOLLO, LUIGI E CARLO)
ADEMOLLO, LUIGI AND CARLO. - LUIGI, painter, b. in Milan on 30 April 1764, d. in Florence on 11 February 1839. Having begun his artistic… -
Aertsen, Peter
AERTSEN, PETER. - Painter, b. in Amsterdam in 1507 or 1508, d. there in 1575. He worked from 1535 to 1555 in Antwerp; he was one of the… -
Affani, Ignazio
AFFANI, IGNAZIO. - Painter, b. in Parma on 22 March 1828, d. in Fidenza on 29 July 1889. Trained at the school of Calegari, Pescatori and… -
Agostino Di Duccio
AGOSTINO di DUCCIO. - Sculptor and architect, (b. in Florence in 1418, d. ca. 1481). His artistic training is unknown; nevertheless, the… -
Agostino Di Giovanni
AGOSTINO di GIOVANNI. - Sienese sculptor and architect, of whom there are records from 1310 to 1348, the probable date of his death; he is… -
Agresti, Livio, Called Il Ricciuto (AGRESTI, LIVIO, DETTO IL RICCIUTO)
AGRESTI, Livio, Called Il Ricciuto. - Mannerist painter from Forlì, whose year of birth is unknown; d. in 1580. He had as his master… -
Agricola, Filippo
AGRICOLA, FILIPPO. - Painter, b. in Rome on 12 Apr. 1795 (according to some, in Urbino in 1776) to Luigi (himself a painter and author,… -
Ahlborn, Augusto Guglielmo Giulio
AHLBORN, AUGUSTO GUGLIELMO GIULIO. - Landscape painter, b. at Hannover in 1796, d. in Rome in 1857. A pupil of the Berlin academy, he… -
Albani, Francesco
ALBANI, FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. in Bologna on 17 March 1578, d. there on 4 Oct. 1660. Together with Reni he first studied under Calvaert… -
Alberegno, Jacobello
ALBEREGNO, JACOBELLO. - Venetian painter, d. 1397. We have only one work by him, a triptych in the Accademia in Venice, representing the… -
Alberti
ALBERTI. - Family of painters originally from Borgo S. Sepolcro, whose activity was carried on mainly in Rome. CHERUBINO, b. at Borgo S.… -
Alberti, Antonio
ALBERTI, ANTONIO. - Also called Antonio da Ferrara, son of Guido Alberti, painter b. in Ferrara in the last decade of the 14th century and… -
Alberti, Giuseppe
ALBERTI, GIUSEPPE. - Painter and architect, b. at Cavalese in Val di Fiemme on 3 Oct. 1640 and d. there on 3 Feb. 1716. He carried on his… -
Albertinelli, Mariotto
ALBERTINELLI, MARIOTTO. - Painter, b. in Florence in 1474 and d. there in 1515. He was a pupil of C. Rosselli, at whose school he underwent… -
Albert, Sotus (ALBERTO, SOTIO)
ALBERT, SOTUS. - Painter, probably from Spoleto, active in the second half of the 12th century. A Cross painted in tempera on parchment… -
Albini, Alessandro
ALBINI, ALESSANDRO. - Bolognese painter (1568-1646), a follower of Carracci. For the tomb of Agostino Carracci he painted a small picture… -
Aleandri, Ireneo
ALEANDRI, IRENEO. - Architect, b. at Sanseverino Marche in 1795, d. at Macerata in 1885. A pupil of the Roman Academy of St. Luke, he… -
Alemanni, Giuseppe
ALEMANNI, GIUSEPPE. - Painter, b. at Correggio in 1675, d. at Rimini in 1739. He learned the art of painting in his native town from… -
Aleotti, Antonio
ALEOTTI, ANTONIO. - Painter of the school of Ferrara, b. at Argenta, was active between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of… -
Aleotti, Giov. (ALEOTTI, GIOV)
ALEOTTI, Giov.. - Born in 1546, died in Ferrara in 1636. An architect and treatise writer (he wrote on hydraulics), he carried on his… -
Alès, Nicolò
ALÈS, NICOLÒ. - Czech painter, b. at Mirotice in Bohemia on 18 Nov. 1852, d. at Prague on 10 July 1913. A pupil of Trenkwald and of… -
Alessi, Andrea
ALESSI, ANDREA. - Dalmatian architect and sculptor, b. in Durazzo in 1425 and d. in Spalato between 1503 and 1507. He was trained in the… -
Alessi, Galeazzo
ALESSI, GALEAZZO. - Architect, b. in Perugia probably in 1512, d. there on 30 Dec. 1572. Having trained almost certainly in Rome in contact… -
Alfani, Domenico and Orazio (ALFANI, DOMENICO E ORAZIO)
ALFANI, DOMENICO AND ORAZIO. - Painters. DOMENICO, b. in Perugia ca. 1480, d. after 1553, collaborator and friend of Raphael, painted after… -
Alfano da Termoli
ALFANO DA TERMOLI. - Apulian sculptor of the first half of the 12th century. Three capitals formerly belonging to the destroyed ciborium… -
Alfieri, Benedetto Innocente
ALFIERI, BENEDETTO INNOCENTE. - Architect, of a noble family of Asti, b. in Rome in 1700, where he had Pope Innocent XII as his godfather,… -
Algardi, Alessandro
ALGARDI, ALESSANDRO. - Sculptor and architect, b. in Bologna on 27 Nov. 1595, d. in Rome in 1654. From Ludovico Carracci he learned… -
Allegretti, Carlo
ALLEGRETTI, CARLO. - Marchigian painter, b. at Monteprandone (Ascoli), in the second half of the 16th century. He drew inspiration from the… -
Allegri, Pomponio
ALLEGRI, POMPONIO. - Painter, son of Antonio (v. CORREGGIO), b. at Correggio on 3 Sept. 1522, d. probably at Parma after 1595. His artistic… -
Allori, Alessandro
ALLORI, ALESSANDRO. - Painter, b. in Florence on May 3, 1535, d. Sept. 22, 1607. Left an orphan by his father, he was taken in by Agnolo… -
Allori, Cristoforo (Cristofano)
ALLORI, CRISTOFORO (CRISTOFANO). - Painter, son of Alessandro, born in Florence on 17 Oct. 1577, died there in 1621. He was a pupil of his… -
Aloisi Galanini, Baldassare, Called Il Galanino (ALOISI GALANINI, BALDASSARRE, DETTO IL GALANINO)
ALOISI GALANINI, Baldassare, Called Il Galanino. - Painter, b. in Bologna in 1577, d. in Rome in 1638. His works worthy of note are the… -
Altamura, Francesco Saverio
ALTAMURA, FRANCESCO SAVERIO. - Painter, b. at Foggia in 1826, d. at Naples on Jan. 6, 1897. He reacted against the academicism of the… -
Altdorfer, Albrecht
ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT. - German painter, woodcut artist and architect, b. shortly before 1480 at Amberg, d. between 12 February and 29 March… -
Altichiero da Zevio
ALTICHIERO da ZEVIO. - Painter b. at Zevio near Verona in 1320, d., perhaps at Verona, after 1390. After having worked, it seems, in Verona… -
Altomonte (Hohenberg), Martino
ALTOMONTE (HOHENBERG), MARTINO. - Painter, b. in Naples on 8 May 1657 (?), d. in Vienna on 14 Sept. 1745. He was in Rome a pupil of Gaulli,… -
Alunno, Niccolò (Niccolò di Liberatore)
ALUNNO, NICCOLÒ (NICCOLÒ di LIBERATORE). - Painter, b. at Foligno ca. 1430, d. there in 1502. From his earliest work, the panel painted in… -
Amadeo (Omodeo), Giovanni Antonio
AMADEO (Omodeo), Giovanni Antonio. - Lombard architect and sculptor (1447-1522), he brought decisively Renaissance characteristics to the… -
Amalteo, Pomponio
AMALTEO, POMPONIO. - Painter, b. at Motta di Livenza in 1505, d. 9 March 1588 at S. Vito al Tagliamento. Throughout his output he remains… -
Amati, Carlo
AMATI, CARLO. - Architect, b. in Monza on 22 Aug. 1776, d. in Milan on 23 March 1852. He took part in the completion of the sides and the… -
Amberger, Christoph
AMBERGER, CHRISTOPH. - German painter and woodcut artist, b. c. 1500, d. between 1561 and 1562. He belonged to the Augsburg school, and… -
Ambrosini, Floriano
AMBROSINI, FLORIANO. - Architect, active in Bologna between the end of the 16th century and the first decades of the 17th. In 1592 he… -
Amidano, Giulio Cesare
AMIDANO, GIULIO CESARE. - Painter, b. in Parma in 1566, d. there in 1630. In old guides and dictionaries he is falsely called Pomponio A.… -
Ammanati, Bartolomeo (AMMANNATI, BARTOLOMEO)
AMMANATI, BARTOLOMEO. - Architect and sculptor, b. at Settignano on 18 June 1511, d. at Florence on 22 April 1592; a pupil of Baccio… -
Andrea da Firenze
ANDREA DA FIRENZE. - Florentine painter, according to Bonaini identical with Andrea Ristori of the parish of S. Pancrazio (1333-92), but… -
Andrea da Nofri
ANDREA da NOFRI. - Sculptor, b. in Florence in 1388; the date of his death is uncertain. Also known as A. da Firenze, he carved in his… -
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea Vannucchi; Andrea d'Agnolo)
ANDREA del SARTO (ANDREA VANNUCCHI; ANDREA D'AGNOLO). - Painter, b. in Florence on 16 July 1486, d. there on 22 Jan. 1531. First a pupil of… -
Andrea di Bartolo
ANDREA di BARTOLO. - Sienese painter, son of the painter Bartolo di Fredi (v.), he was registered in the roll of the Arte dei Pittori of… -
Andreolo de' Ferreri
ANDREOLO de' FERRERI. - Franciscan, who lived in the second half of the 14th century. Some historians, such as Ticozzi and Cicognara, state… -
Andrew of Giovanni da Murano (ANDREA DI GIOVANNI DA MURANO)
ANDREW OF GIOVANNI DA MURANO. - Venetian painter (recorded from 1462 to 1507). Early historiographers erroneously called him "master of the… -
Andrew of Giusto Manzini (ANDREA DI GIUSTO MANZINI)
ANDREW OF GIUSTO MANZINI. - Florentine painter. A pupil of Lorenzo Monaco, he first collaborated with Bicci di Lorenzo, then with Masaccio… -
Andrew of Niccolò di Jacopo (ANDREA DI NICCOLÒ DI JACOPO)
ANDREW OF NICCOLÒ DI JACOPO. - Sienese painter, b. around 1440 and recorded until 1514. Of various works executed by him in Siena and Massa… -
Andrew of Salerno (Andrea Sabatini) (ANDREA DA SALERNO (ANDREA SABATINI))
ANDREW OF SALERNO (ANDREA SABATINI). - Painter, b. perhaps before 1480, d. at Gaeta in 1530. Of varied and uncertain training, he often… -
Andrew Pisano (ANDREA PISANO)
ANDREW PISANO. - Goldsmith and sculptor, son of the notary Ugolino di Nino, b. at Pontedera, near Pisa, ca. 1295. In Jan. 1330 the guild of… -
Angelo of Assisi and Saint Francis (ANGELO DI PIETRO D'ASSISI E FRANCESCO)
ANGELO OF ASSISI AND SAINT FRANCIS. - Biographical information is lacking for these two sculptors, who were trained within the sphere of… -
Anguier, François and Michel (ANGUIER, FRANÇOIS E MICHEL)
ANGUIER, FRANÇOIS AND MICHEL. - French sculptors from Eu, pupils of S. Guillain. FRANÇOIS (1604-69) executed numerous funerary monuments,… -
Anguissola, Sofonisba
ANGUISSOLA, SOFONISBA. - Painter, b. in Cremona in 1527, d. in Palermo in 1625. Through her first teachers, B. Campi and B. Gatti known as… -
Ansaldo, Giovanni Andrea
ANSALDO, GIOVANNI ANDREA. - Painter, b. at Voltri in 1584, d. at Genoa on 20 Aug. 1638. He was influenced by Veronese, by Strozzi, by van… -
Anselmi, Michelangelo
ANSELMI, MICHELANGELO. - Painter, b. in Lucca around 1491, d. in 1555 or 1556. He was first influenced by Sodoma, then (1520) by Correggio;… -
Anselm of Campione (ANSELMO DA CAMPIONE)
ANSELM OF CAMPIONE. - Progenitor of the family of artists of the same name (v. CAMPIONESI, maestri), he took part as architect and sculptor… -
Anseramo (Anserano) of Trani (ANSERAMO (ANSERANO) DA TRANI)
ANSERAMO (ANSERANO) da TRANI. - Architect and sculptor active in the second half of the 13th century. He was a skilled marble-worker fond… -
Ansuino Da Forlì
ANSUINO DA FORLÌ. - Painter, he appears for the first time in Padua as a collaborator (1434-37) of Fra Filippo Lippi in the chapel of the… -
Antelami, Benedetto (ANTÈLAMI, BENEDETTO)
ANTELAMI, BENEDETTO. - Architect and sculptor. The surname is an appellation that was given, from the 12th century onward, to the master… -
Anthemius of Tralles (ANTEMIO DI TRALLE)
ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES. - Byzantine architect, who together with Isidore of Miletus erected in 532 the church of St. Sophia in… -
Antolini, Gianantonio
ANTOLINI, GIANANTONIO. - Architect, b. at Castel Bolognese in 1754. Having begun his artistic education in Bologna, he moved to Rome, where… -
Antonelli, Alessandro
ANTONELLI, ALESSANDRO - Mole antonelliana (1863) - Turin. in 1587 through the efforts of Manuele Glinzunios, reproduced several times in… -
Antonelli, Alessandro
ANTONELLI, ALESSANDRO. - Born at Ghemme (Novara) in 1798, an engineer, a pupil of Bonsignore, then a lecturer at the Accademia Albertina… -
Antonello da Messina
ANTONELLO DA MESSINA. - Painter, b. at Messina ca. 1430, d. there in 1479. His activity begins to be known in 1457, when he received a… -
Antonello da Saliba
ANTONELLO da SALIBA. - Painter, b. in Messina around 1466, d. around 1535, nephew of Antonello da Messina. He was a pupil of Iacobello di… -
Antonello da Serravalle
ANTONELLO da SERRAVALLE. - Venetian painter of the 15th century about whom precise information is lacking; in 1485 he signed a fresco… -
Antonianum
ANTONIANUM: v. ISTITUTI DI STUDI SUPERIORI. ANTONIAZZO ROMANO. - Painter, b. in Rome, d. there after 1508. His formation took place through… -
Antoniazzo Romano
ANTONIAZZO ROMANO - Christ in majesty - Rome, apse of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. so much influenced throughout the rest of his activity that… -
Antonini, Giovanni Battista
ANTONINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Sculptor of the 18th century who worked in Rome; he is remembered by Titi as being part of the group of… -
Antonio da Fabriano (Antonio Agostino di Ser Giovanni)
ANTONIO da FABRIANO (ANTONIO AGOSTINO di SER GIOVANNI). - Painter; he was active from 1451 to 1489, and perhaps beyond, in his native town,… -
Antonio D'Alatri
ANTONIO d'ALATRI. - Painter, active in the second quarter of the 12th century, of whom a single signed work survives: the triptych in the… -
Antonio da Monza
ANTONIO da MONZA. - Miniaturist, perhaps also an engraver, a Franciscan active in Milan at the end of the 15th century. His only known work… -
Antonio da Negroponte (erroneously Ferruccio) (ANTONIO DA NEGROPONTE (ERRONEAMENTE FERRUCCIO))
ANTONIO DA NEGROPONTE (erroneously Ferruccio). - Venetian painter of the 15th century. Through the only > (photo Alinari) > ANTONIO DA… -
Antonio di Giusto
ANTONIO di GIUSTO. - Florentine sculptor, b. in 1479, who moved to France with his brothers Giovanni (d. 1549) and Andrea. In 1507 he… -
Antonio Di Vincenzo
ANTONIO di VINCENZO. - Architect, b. c. 1350 and d. between 1401 and 1402. His name is particularly linked to the basilica of St. Petronius… -
Antonio Veneziano
ANTONIO VENEZIANO. - Fourteenth-century painter of Venetian origin. Between 1370 and 1388 he worked in Siena, Florence and Pisa. In… -
Appiani, Andrea
APPIANI, ANDREA. - Painter, b. in Milan on 23 May 1754, d. there on 8 Nov. 1817. From his master Carlo Maria Giudici, wholly taken with the… -
Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino
ARCANGELO di COLA da CAMERINO. - Marchigian painter of the first half of the 15th century, a follower of Gentile da Fabriano, not without… -
Arnoldi, Alberto
ARNOLDI, ALBERTO. - Known as Alberto Fiorentino, sculptor, son of a Lombard stonecutter: he is remembered in a novella by Sacchetti. In… -
Arnolfo Di Cambio
ARNOLFO di CAMBIO. - Sculptor and architect, b. at Colle Val d'Elsa around 1240-45, d. at Florence on 18 March 1302. He is remembered as an… -
Arrigo Fiammingo (Heinrich Van Der Broek)
ARRIGO FIAMMINGO (HEINRICH VAN DER BROEK). - Painter, b. at Mechelen in 1530, d. at Rome in 1597. He lived for forty years in Italy,… -
Asam
ASAM. - Family of German artists. HANS GEORG, painter and stucco worker (Rotterdam ca. 1646 - 1711), worked in various monasteries and… -
Aspetti, Tiziano
ASPETTI, TIZIANO. - Sculptor, b. in Padua in 1565 and d. in Pisa in 1607. He remains constantly within the sphere of Tuscan Mannerism,… -
Assereto, Gioacchino
ASSERETO, GIOACCHINO. - Painter, b. in Genoa in 1600, d. there on 26 July 1649. First a pupil of Borzone and then of Ansaldo, he produced a… -
Astorri, Pier Enrico
ASTORRI, PIER ENRICO. - Sculptor, b. in Paris on 23 July 1882, d. on 30 May 1926. He studied in Piacenza and in Milan. Having won the… -
Attavanti, Attavante degli
ATTAVANTI, ATTAVANTE degli. - Illuminator, b. perhaps in 1452 at Castelfiorentino, d. not later than 1517. A great number of works by him… -
Attiret, Jean-Denis
ATTIRET, JEAN-DENIS. - Painter and Jesuit missionary, b. at Dôle on 31 July 1702, d. at Peking on 8 Dec. 1768. Trained in his family in the… -
Aureli (Aurel), Cesare
AURELI (AUREL), CESARE. - Sculptor, b. and d. in Rome (1844-1923). His most significant works are the statue of Cardinal Massaia (1893) in… -
Azzurri, Francesco
AZZURRI, FRANCESCO. - Architect, b. in Rome in 1827, d. there in 1901; president of the Academy of St. Luke, in his major works of civil… -
Baboccio, Antonio, da Piperno
BABOCCIO, ANTONIO, da PIPERNO. - Sculptor, b. in 1351, d. in 1435. In Naples, where he mainly carried out his activity, there are preserved… -
Baburen, Theodoor Dirk van
BABUREN, THEODOOR DIRK van. - Dutch painter, b. perhaps at Utrecht. There he was a pupil of Paulus Moreelse, and after 1611 he stayed for… -
Bacchiacca (BACHIACCA)
BACCHIACCA. - Pseudonym of the painter Francesco Ubertini, b. in Florence on 1 March 1494 and d. there on 5 Oct. 1557. His early works, and… -
Baccio (Baccio Sinibaldi) da Montelupo
BACCIO (Baccio Sinibaldi) da Montelupo. - Sculptor and architect, b. at Montelupo in 1469, d. at Lucca in 1535. Among his works are four… -
Baccio d'Agnolo
BACCIO d'AGNOLO. - Born in Florence on 19 May 1462, died there on 6 May 1547. In his youth he was a wood carver and executed the choir… -
Baciccia (Gaulli, Giovanni Battista), known as (BACICCIA (GAULLI, GIOVAN BATTISTA), DETTO IL)
BACICCIA (Gaulli, Giovanni Battista), known as. - Painter, b. in Genoa on 8 May 1639, he went to Rome in 1657 and remained there until his… -
Baglione, Giovanni
BAGLIONE, GIOVANNI. - Painter and writer, b. in Rome ca. 1573 and d. there in 1644. He painted one of the great altars in St. Peter's (ca.… -
Baldi, Lazzaro
BALDI, LAZZARO. - Painter, b. in Pistoia in 1623, d. in 1703; he was one of the youngest pupils of Pietro da Cortona. Active with personal… -
Baldovinetti, Alessio (Alesso)
BALDOVINETTI, ALESSIO (ALESSO). - Painter, b. in Florence on 14 Oct. 1425, d. there on 31 Aug. 1499. In 1458 he received the commission for… -
Balducci, Giovanni Da Pisa (Giovanni Di Balduccio) (GIOVANNI DI BALDUCCIO (BALDUCCI, GIOVANNI DA PISA))
BALDUCCI, Giovanni Da Pisa (Giovanni Di Balduccio). - Sculptor, b. in Pisa toward the end of the 13th century. He is documented up to 1349.… -
Baldung, Hans, called Grien (BALDUNG, HANS, DETTO GRIEN)
BALDUNG, Hans, called Grien. - Painter, woodcut artist and draughtsman, b. at Schwäbisch-Gmünd in 1484 (1485?), d. at Strasbourg in 1545.… -
Balestra, Antonio
BALESTRA, ANTONIO. - Painter and engraver, b. in Verona in 1666, d. there in 1740. He completed his early training in Venice, under Antonio… -
Bandinelli, Baccio
BANDINELLI, BACCIO. - Sculptor, b. in Florence in 1488, d. there on 6 or 10 February 1560. An artist of very uneven merit, he was trained… -
Bandini, Giovanni
BANDINI, GIOVANNI. - Sculptor, b. at Castello (Florence) perhaps in 1540, d. at Florence on 16 April 1599, called Giovanni dell'Opera for… -
Barabino, Carlo
BARABINO, CARLO. - Architect, b. in Genoa on 11 February 1768, d. there on 3 September 1835. In Rome he received from Barbieri the academic… -
Barabino, Niccolò
BARABINO, NICCOLÒ. - Painter, b. at Sampierdarena in 1832, d. at Florence in 1891. Endowed with an extraordinary facility in fresco and in… -
Baratta, Francesco
BARATTA, FRANCESCO. - Sculptor, b. at Massa Carrara (c. 1590), d. in 1666 in Rome, where he was a collaborator of G. L. Bernini. His most… -
Baratta, Pietro
BARATTA, PIETRO. - Sculptor, active in Venice between the end of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th. He reacted against the… -
Barbalonga, Antonio
BARBALONGA, ANTONIO. - Painter of the Alberti family, b. in Messina in 1600, d. in 1649. In his youth he came to Rome, where he was a… -
Bargellini, Giulio
BARGELLINI, GIULIO. - Painter, b. in Florence on 14 Feb. 1875, d. in Rome in 1936. Even in times of rampant verism, he remained faithful to… -
Barigioni, Filippo
BARIGIONI, FILIPPO. - Architect and sculptor, b. in Rome in 1690, d. there in 1753. He carried out most of his activity in Rome: his… -
Barili, Antonio di Neri
BARILI, Antonio di Neri. - Architect and carver, b. in 1453, d. in 1517 in Siena. More than in works of architecture, he excelled in… -
Barisano da Trani
BARISANO da TRANI. - Sculptor and bronze founder of the 12th century. The door of the cathedral of Trani (1175), the other of the cathedral… -
Barlach, Ernst
BARLACH, ERNST. - Sculptor and draughtsman, b. in 1870 at Wedel (Hamburg), d. at Rostock in 1938. Together with Lehmbruck, he is considered… -
Barnaba (Bernard) of Siena (BARNA (BERNA) DA SIENA)
BARNABA (BERNARD) OF SIENA. - Painter of the Sienese school of the 14th century. Mentioned by Ghiberti as "most excellent, most skilled and… -
Barnaba da Modena
BARNABA DA MODENA. - A Modenese painter active in the second half of the fourteenth century. He is first recorded in 1364, when he… -
Barocci, Ambrogio, known as Ambrogio of Milan (BAROCCI, AMBROGIO, DETTO AMBROGIO DA MILANO)
BAROCCI, Ambrogio, known as Ambrogio of Milan. - Sculptor, son of Antonio, who came out of the workshop kept in Ferrara by the Mantuan… -
Barocci, Federico
BAROCCI, FEDERICO. - Painter, b. at Urbino, according to Bellori in 1528 (according to other sources in 1535), d. there on 30 Sept. 1612.… -
Baroncelli, Niccolò
BARONCELLI, NICCOLÒ. - Sculptor, also called Nicolò dal Cavallo, b. in Florence, d. in Ferrara in 1453. He was a pupil of Brunelleschi;… -
Baronzio, Giovanni
BARONZIO, GIOVANNI. - Painter from Rimini, already dead by 1362. In 1345 he signed a polyptych now in the gallery of Urbino; a crucifix… -
Barthel, Melchior
BARTHEL, MELCHIOR. - Sculptor, b. in Dresden in 1625, d. there on 12 Nov. 1672. He traveled throughout Europe; besides other Italian cities… -
Bartolini, Lorenzo
BARTOLINI, LORENZO. - Sculptor, b. at Savignano in 1777, d. at Florence in 1850. He studied in Paris in David's atelier; he was a companion… -
Bartolo di Fredi
BARTOLO DI FREDI. - Sienese painter, b. ca. 1330. In 1353 he rented a workshop in Siena in order to practice his art there together with… -
Bartolomeo della Porta, Fra’ (BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA, FRA')
BARTOLOMEO DELLA PORTA, Fra’. - Painter, b. in Florence in 1475, d. at Bagni S. Filippo on 31 Oct. 1517. Knowledge of his early period of… -
Bartolomeo di Giovanni
BARTOLOMEO di GIOVANNI. - Painter, whose personality was reconstructed by Berenson, who called him "pupil of Domenico" because of his… -
Bartolomeo the Venetian (BARTOLOMEO VENETO)
BARTOLOMEO THE VENETIAN. - Painter; notices of his activity run from 1502 (Madonna and Child, Correr Museum, formerly the Donà delle Rose… -
Bartolozzi, Francesco
BARTOLOZZI, FRANCESCO. - Engraver of very great fame; b. in Florence in 1727 and d. in Lisbon, where he had gone in 1802 to direct the… -
Barzaghi, Francesco
BARZAGHI, FRANCESCO. - Sculptor, b. in Milan in 1839, d. in 1892. Trained in the school of V. Vela, he expressed himself with elegant… -
Basaiti, Marco
BASAITI, MARCO. - Painter, active in Venice in the first decades of the 16th century. Trained on Alvise Vivarini, he was subject to some… -
Bassano (da Ponte)
BASSANO (DA PONTE). - A family of painters commonly named after the city of the same name, rather than by the surname Da Ponte, active from… -
Bassi, Martino
BASSI, MARTINO. - Architect, b. at Seregno in 1542, d. in 1591. In Milan, where he worked almost always, he was commissioned in 1567 to… -
Bastiani, Lazzaro
BASTIANI, LAZZARO. - Venetian painter (b. ca. 1430, d. in Venice in 1512), he is first mentioned in 1449: he must have trained in the… -
Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo
BATONI, POMPEO GIROLAMO. - Painter, b. in Lucca on 25 Jan. 1708, d. in Rome on 4 Feb. 1787. In Rome, where he went in 1728, he studied the… -
Battagio (Battacchio), Giovanni
BATTAGIO (BATTACCHIO), GIOVANNI. - Architect; in 1465-66 he was working to restore the hospital of Lodi, his native city; in 1481 he was in… -
Beauneveu, André
BEAUNEVEU, ANDRÉ. - Painter, illuminator, sculptor, perhaps architect, b. in France, he worked between 1360 and 1403 also in Flanders and… -
Beccafumi, Domenico
BECCAFUMI, DOMENICO. - Painter, b. around 1486 in the Val di Siena (Siena), d. in Siena in May 1551. He showed himself open to the… -
Begarelli, Antonio
BEGARELLI, ANTONIO. - Sculptor, b. at Modena ca. 1499, d. there in 1565. He carried on his activity at Modena, Ferrara, Parma, Mantua,… -
Beham, Fratelli
BEHAM, FRATELLI. - German painters, engravers and woodcut artists. HANS SEBALD, b. in Nuremberg in 1500, d. in Frankfurt in 1550; BARTHEL,… -
Beissel, Stephan
BEISSEL, STEPHAN. - Art historian, b. at Aachen on 21 April 1841, d. at Valkenburg (Holland) on 31 July 1915. A Jesuit from 1871. From 1880… -
Belbello da Pavia (Luchino B.)
BELBELLO DA PAVIA (LUCHINO B.). - Illuminator. Notices from 1448 to 1462. He worked at the court of Mantua for the Gonzagas and at that of… -
Bellano, Bartolomeo
BELLANO, BARTOLOMEO. - Sculptor, b. in Padua ca. 1434, d. there between 1496 and 1497. It is believed that he collaborated on the two… -
Bellini
BELLINI. - A celebrated family of painters to whom is essentially owed the renewal of Venetian painting from the beginning of the fifteenth… -
Bellini, Gentile
BELLINI, GENTILE - Finding of the relic of the Cross in the canal - Venice, Accademia Gallery. (photo Alinari) -
Belli, Pasquale
BELLI, PASQUALE. - Architect, b. in Rome on 13 Dec. 1752, d. there on 31 Oct. 1833. Pupil and assistant of P. Camporese. On the death of R.… -
Belli, Pietro Paolo
BELLI, PIETRO PAOLO. - Dominican, architect, b. at Jesi ca. 1727-30, d. at Pesaro on 2 Oct. 1807. He worked for several churches of his… -
Belli, Valerio
BELLI, VALERIO. - Engraver of gems and medallist, b. in 1468 at Vicenza (for which reason he was called Valerio Vicentino), d. there in… -
Beltrami, Luca
BELTRAMI, LUCA. - Architect and art writer, b. in Milan on 13 Nov. 1854, d. in Rome on 8 Aug. 1933. A professor at the Brera Academy and… -
Beltrán, Domingo
BELTRÁN, DOMINGO. - Spanish Jesuit and sculptor, b. at Vitoria ca. 1535, trained as a sculptor and architect in Italy, before entering the… -
Bembo, Benedetto
BEMBO, BENEDETTO. - Brescian painter, in 1462 he signed a polyptych with the Virgin, the Child and four saints that was formerly in the… -
Bembo, Bonifacio e Gianfrancesco
BEMBO, BONIFACIO e GIANFRANCESCO. - BONIFACIO, a 15th-century painter of Brescian origin, a notable portraitist, worked especially in… -
Benci Di Cione Dami
BENCI di CIONE DAMI. - Architect of Comacine origin; he worked in Florence, where he died in 1588. In 1549-50 he worked with Neri di… -
Bendl, Giovanni Giorgio
BENDL, GIOVANNI GIORGIO. - Sculptor and painter, b. in 1630, d. in Prague on May 25, 1680. Framing his works within the taste of his time,… -
Benedetto Da Maiano
BENEDETTO DA MAIANO. - Architect, sculptor and wood carver, b. at Maiano in 1442, d. at Florence on 24 May 1497. As an architect he… -
Benedetto dei Grazzini, detto da Rovezzano
BENEDETTO dei GRAZZINI, detto da ROVEZZANO. - Sculptor, b. at Campale (Pistoia) in 1474, d. at Vallombrosa in about 1552. Trained in the… -
Benedetto Di Bindo
BENEDETTO di BINDO. - Sienese painter, a native of the Val d'Orcia, lame. He is recorded in the Breve dei pittori senesi of 1389. In… -
Benefial (Benefial), Marco
BENEFIAL (BENEFIAL), MARCO. - Painter, b. in 1684 in Rome, d. there in 1764. He is regarded as a precursor of Neoclassicism for his passion… -
Benfatto, Luigi (Alvise)
BENFATTO, LUIGI (ALVISE). - Painter, b. in Verona ca. 1544, as may be inferred from the parish necrology which states that he died at the… -
Benvenuti, Pietro
BENVENUTI, PIETRO. - Painter, b. at Arezzo on 8 Jan. 1769, d. at Florence on 3 Feb. 1844. From 1782 to 1804 he lived in Rome, where he… -
Benvenuto di Giovanni
BENVENUTO di GIOVANNI. - Son of Meo del Guasta. Sienese painter. Born 13 Sept. 1436, died ca. 1518; his activity is amply documented by… -
Bergognone (Ambrogio da Fossano)
BERGOGNONE (AMBROGIO da FOSSANO). - Lombard painter, b. probably between 1450 and 1460, mentioned between 1481 and 1522. He was a follower… -
Bernardoni, Gianmaria
BERNARDONI, GIANMARIA. - Architect, b. at Cagno near Como in 1542. He studied architecture in Rome before entering, on 19 Jan. 1564, the… -
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
BERNINI, GIAN LORENZO. - Architect, sculptor, painter, set designer, b. in Naples on 7 Dec. 1598 to the sculptor Pietro B., a Florentine,… -
Bernini, Pietro
BERNINI, PIETRO. - Sculptor and painter, b. at Sesto Fiorentino in 1562, d. at Rome in 1629. He trained in Mannerist painting at Florence,… -
Berruguete, Pedro And Alonso (BERRUGUETE, PEDRO E ALONSO)
BERRUGUETE, PEDRO AND ALONSO. - PEDRO, painter, b. at Paredes de Nava (Palencia) around 1450, d. before 1505. He trained in the Flemish… -
Bertoldo di Giovanni
BERTOLDO di GIOVANNI. - Sculptor and medallist, b. in Florence in 1420, d. in 1491. A disciple of Donatello, he collaborated with the… -
Bevignate (Bevignate)
BEVIGNATE (BEVIGNATE). - Benedictine, architect, b. in Perugia around 1240, d. perhaps in his nineties. In 1277 he is remembered together… -
Bibiena, Family of (BIBIENA, FAMIGLIA)
BIBIENA, FAMILY OF. - Theatrical architects and decorators, surnamed Galli, originally from Bibbiena. The founder of the family was… -
Biffi, Gian Andrea
BIFFI, GIAN ANDREA. - Sculptor, active in Milan, where he died in 1631. A pupil of Brambilla, he adhered to the prevailing mannerist taste.… -
Bilivert (Biliverti), Giovanni
BILIVERT (BILIVERTI), GIOVANNI. - Painter, b. according to some in Maastricht, but more probably in Florence to a Flemish father in 1576,… -
Binago, Lorenzo
BINAGO, LORENZO. - Barnabite, architect, b. and d. in Milan (1556-1629). His most significant work is the reconstruction of S. Alessandro… -
Bistolfi, Leonardo
BISTOLFI, LEONARDO. - Sculptor, b. at Casale Monferrato on 14 March 1859, d. at Turin on 2 Oct. 1933. From a naturalistic training he… -
Blondeel, Lancelot
BLONDEEL, LANCELOT. - Painter, sculptor, architect and engineer, b. at Poperinghe in 1496, d. at Bruges on 4 March 1561. It is almost… -
Boccaccino, Boccaccio
BOCCACCINO, BOCCACCIO. - Painter, b. in Ferrara in about 1467, d. in Cremona in 1524 or 1525. He completed his first artistic education in… -
Boccardini, Giovanni and Francesco, Florentines (BOCCARDI, GIOVANNI E FRANCESCO, FIORENTINI)
BOCCARDINI, Giovanni and Francesco, Florentines. - GIOVANNI, illuminator, b. in 1460, was a pupil of Zanobi di Lorenzo. His work was highly… -
Boccati, Giovanni di Piermatteo, detto Il
BOCCATI, GIOVANNI di PIERMATTEO, detto il. - Painter, b. at Camerino around 1420; in 1445 he moved to Perugia, where he is last recorded in… -
Boito, Camillo
BOITO, CAMILLO. - Architect, b. in Rome on 30 Oct. 1836, d. in Milan on 28 June 1914. He held the chair of architecture in Venice and in… -
Bolgi, Andrea
BOLGI, ANDREA. - Sculptor, b. at Carrara on 22 June 1606, d. of plague at Naples in 1656; he was a pupil and collaborator of Tacca. With… -
Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio
BOLTRAFFIO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO. - Painter, b. in Milan in 1467, d. there in 1516. He worked almost always in his native city; only in 1500 do… -
Bonanno Pisano
BONANNO PISANO. - Sculptor and architect of the second half of the 12th century. The bronze leaves of the main door of the cathedral of… -
Bonfigli, Benedetto
BONFIGLI, BENEDETTO. - Painter, b. in Perugia c. 1420 and d. there in 1496. He was one of the principal representatives of the 15th-century… -
Bonifacio Veronese (Bonifacio De' Pitati)
BONIFACIO VERONESE (BONIFACIO DE' PITATI). - Painter, b. in Verona around 1487, d. in Venice in 1553. Dated works are scarce; none is known… -
Bonsignori (Monsignori), Girolamo
BONSIGNORI (MONSIGNORI), GIROLAMO. - Veronese painter, active in the second half of the 15th century. He was a pupil of Mantegna, to whom… -
Bordone, Paris
BORDONE, PARIS. - Painter, b. in Treviso in 1500, d. in Venice in 1571. Trained in Titian's workshop, he long suffered the influence of the… -
Borgianni, Orazio
BORGIANNI, ORAZIO. - Painter, b. in Rome in 1578. He learned the rudiments of drawing from his brother, a sculptor known as Guido Scalzo.… -
Borromini, Francesco detto Il Castello
BORROMINI, FRANCESCO detto il CASTELLO. - Born at Bissone on 27 Sept. 1599 and died at Rome in Aug. 1667. After a stay in Milan, which… -
Bortoloni, Mattia
BORTOLONI, MATTIA. - Painter, b. in 1696 at S. Bellino (Polesine), d. at Bergamo in 1750. He derived from A. Balestra a fluid decorative… -
Bosch, Hieronymus (van Aeken)
BOSCH, HIERONYMUS (VAN AEKEN). - Dutch painter, b. at 's-Hertogenbosch around 1450, > (phot. Soprint., Cagliari) > BOSA - Facade of the… -
Bossi, Giuseppe
BOSSI, GIUSEPPE. - Painter and writer, b. at Busto Arsizio on 17 Aug. 1777, d. at Milan on 9 Dec. 1815. A Neoclassicist, a superficial… -
Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano Filippi)
BOTTICELLI, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano Filippi). - Painter b. in Florence in 1445, d. there on 17 May 1510. The apprenticeship under… -
Botticini, Francesco
BOTTICINI, FRANCESCO. - Painter, b. in Florence in 1446, d. there in 1497. Criticism, basing itself on the only documented work (the… -
Boucher, François
BOUCHER, FRANÇOIS. - French painter and etcher, b. in Paris in 1703, d. there in 1770. A pupil of Fr. Le Moyne, he at first followed in… -
Bourdichon, Jean
BOURDICHON, JEAN. - Painter and miniaturist (b. ca. 1457, d. 1521), he was the head of the "school of Tours" at the close of the 15th… -
Bouts, Dirk (Thierry)
BOUTS, DIRK (THIERRY). - Dutch painter, b. in Haarlem between 1400 and 1420, d. in 1475 in Louvain. The following works are documented: the…