Pinturicchio (1454 - 1513)
Pinturicchio
Pinturicchio, real name Bernardino di Betto di Biagio, was an Italian Renaissance painter.
Pinturicchio was a representative of the Umbrian Quattrocento school. He studied with Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and together with Raphael with Perugino, who helped him paint the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican (1481-1482). As a mature master, Pinturicchio rejected some of Perugino's principles - the monotony and gradualness of the figures, the unity of time and place - which brings him rather closer to Botticelli.
His best known murals are in the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria in Araceli and the Borgia Apartments in Rome, and in Siena Cathedral (Piccolomini Library). The frescoes of this artist's works often feature 'grotesques'. Of the easel paintings, 'Portrait of a Boy' from the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden is noteworthy.
| Date and place of birt: | 1454, Perugia, Italy |
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| Date and place of death: | 11 december 1513, Siena, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italy |
| Period of activity: | XV, XVI century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Painter, Portraitist |
| Art school / group: | Umbrian School |
| Genre: | Portrait, Religious genre |
| Art style: | High Renaissance, Renaissance, Old Masters |
