Nicolо dell'Abate (1512 - 1571)

Nicolо dell'Abate

Nicolò dell'Abate was a 16th century Italian painter. He is known as a painter, one of the founders of the "Fontainebleau school," which gave rise to the so-called French Renaissance.

Nicolò dell'Abate created oil paintings and frescoes, which, according to critics, helped to consolidate the principles of court mannerism and marked the beginning of the spread of this style in France. The peculiarity of Abate's handwriting consisted in the combination of the mannerly elegance of forms with the subtle rendering of the landscape, which often dominated the figures.