Venturino Mercati (XV century - ?)

Venturino Mercati

Venturino Mercati, also known as Venturino da Milano, Venturino di Andrea dei Mercati, Venturino di Andrea dei Mercati, was a 15th-century Italian miniaturist.

The son of a Mercati jeweler, he was active from 1467-1480 and illuminated among other things chorales for cathedrals and choir books. He worked in Lombardy, Tuscany and Emilia. Mercati is known to have lived in and around Siena from 1472, working here for the Opera del Duomo, collaborating with Francesco di Giorgio di Martino, Girolamo da Cremona and Liberale di Jacopo da Verona.