Antonio Alberti

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Antonio Alberti was an Italian painter, active mainly in the 15th century in his native city of Ferrara, as well as Bologna and Urbino.

Biography

He painted portraits and sacred subjects. For the sacristy of the church of San Bernardino, outside Urbino, he painted a Madonna and Child enthroned (1439). He painted frescoes in the Bolognini chapel at San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, consisting of incidents from the Passion, Paradise, and Inferno . He painted frescoes of the Virgin and child between saints Benedict and Sebastian (1433) for the inner choir of Sant' Antonio Abate in Ferrara. He had a son of the same name, who was also an artist, living in 1550. Onofrio Gabrieli and Fra Carnovale were his pupils. His grandson was Timoteo della Vite.

Gallery

File:Antonio Alberti da Ferrara (attr.), Miracolo di Sant'Antonio, prima del 1438.jpg|Miracle of Saint Anthony (before 1438)

File:Antonio Alberti da Ferrara, Crocifissione (verso).jpg|Crocifissione (Crucifixion)

File:Antonio Alberti da Ferrara, Madonna col Bambino tra i Santi (1439) 04.jpg|Madonna and Child among the Saints (1439)

File:Antonio alberti da ferrara, polittico madonna col bambino e santi.JPG|Polyptych of Madonna and Child with Saints

File:Antonio alberti da ferrara e bottega, madonna col bambino e santi.JPG|Triptych of Madonna and Child with Saints

References

  • {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=II L-Z |editor=Robert Edmund Graves |page=8 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ}}

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Category:Quattrocento painters

Category:Italian male painters

Category:15th-century Italian painters

Category:Painters from Ferrara

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:Year of death unknown

Category:Fresco painters

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