Artists
Bramantino
- Country:
- Italy
- Birth year:
- 1465
- Death year:
- 1530
Bramantino (1465 Milan - 1530 Milan), whose given name was Bartolomeo Suardi, was highly respected in his native city as an important painter and architect. He may have received his training as a painter under the Renaissance artist Bernadino Butinone. In 1508 he travelled to Rome, where he assisted Bramante in his work on various buildings until 1512. At the same time, around 1509, he designed 12 allegories of the months for a series of tapestries which are now considered masterpieces of the Italian art of tapestry-making. In 1525 he became court painter to Duke Francesco II Srorza. Bramantino was influenced by the Lombard school and Leonard da Vinci's sfumato (the blurring of contour through subtle gradation of colour.) His pioneering workshop produced artists that included Gaudenzio Ferrari and Bernardino Luini. Works by the artist include Adoration of the Child, c. 1490, Biblioteca-Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan; and Adoration of the Magi, c. 1502, the Natinal Gallery, London.