Bramantino

Adoration of the Shepherds (1500–1535)

Pietà (late 15th century)

Bartolomeo Suardi called Bramantino (* 1465 in Milan or Bergamo , † 1530 in Milan) was an Italian architect and painter .

Live and act

Bramantino was Donato Bramante's assistant for a while , from where he got his nickname Bramantino (little Bramante). He also accompanied him to Rome, where he worked in the Vatican.

In Milan, the porch of the Church of San Nazaro (1518) and various paintings in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and Pinacoteca di Brera (Adoration of Christ, a three-part Madonna altar, the fresco of a Madonna with two angels) are attributed to him. He is said to have executed Bramante's painterly designs.

In 1523 he worked as an engineer during the siege of Milan by the French in the service of Duke Francesco Maria II . As a painter he was initially under the influence of Vincenzo Foppa , then Leonardo da Vinci . He died in 1530, probably in Milan.

Works (selection)

Adoration of the Shepherds , 1500–1535, oil on panel, 50.5 × 43.5 cm.
Madonna del Latte , around 1490, wood, 46 × 36 cm.
Mary with saints , wood, 205 × 166 cm.
Mary with two saints , fresco, 240 × 135 cm.
Pietà , canvas, 195 × 152 cm.
Triptych by S. Michele , 1510, wood, 123 × 156 cm.
Escape to Egypt . Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso
The designs for the tapestry series of the 12 months , commissioned by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
The Trivulzio Mausoleum , also called the Trivulzio Chapel , around 1512, in the Basilica of San Nazaro in Brolo, Milan

literature

Giovanni Agosti (Ed.): Bramantino a Milano. Catalog for the exhibition at Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Milan 2012.
Roberto Cara: Suardi, Bartolomeo, detto Bramantino. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 94: Stampa – Tarantelli. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2019.
Mauro Natale (Ed.): Bramantino, catalog for the exhibition in the Museo Cantonale d'Arte Lugano. Skira, Milan 2014. (Italian / English)
Franco Mazzini: Bramantino, In: Storia di Milano. Volume VIII. Milan 1957.
Nicola Soldini: Bramantino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 27, 1998 .
Wilhelm Suida: Bramante pittore e Bramantino. Milan 1953.
Wilhelm Suida: Bramantino, Bartolommeo Suardi . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 519-521 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Bramantino (1465) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 13, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22753-1 , p. 572.

Web links

Commons : Bramantino - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website for the Bramantino exhibition in the Museo Cantonale d'Arte , Lugano (English / Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Roberto Cara: Bramantino. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
↑ Nicola Soldini: Bramantino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ The Renaissance painter Bramantino - A great stranger. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 21, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Bramantino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Suardi, Bartolomeo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1465
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan or Bergamo
DATE OF DEATH	1530
Place of death	unsure: Milan

[DBI-1] Roberto Cara: Bramantino. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).

[2] Nicola Soldini: Bramantino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[3] The Renaissance painter Bramantino - A great stranger. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 21, 2014.