Altobello melon

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Altobello Melone (also Altobello Meloni ) (* around 1490–1491; † before May 3, 1543) was a Northern Italian painter of the Renaissance .

Portrait of a Gentleman ( Cesare Borgia ), c. 1490, Attributed to Altobello Melon, Accademia Carrara , Bergamo

Life

“Very little biographical information on Altobello Meloni is known; neither the date of his birth nor the date of his death are known and the reconstruction of his oeuvre is correspondingly problematic. ”It is assumed that Altobello Melon was born between 1490 and 1491 in Cremona. According to Marcantonio Michiels , Altobello was a student of Girolamo Romanino . In December 1516 he was commissioned to decorate the coffin wall of the Cathedral of Cremona with frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Jesusshould show. Altobello completed the work on the wall paintings by 1518; Due to their signature "ALTOBELLUS DE MELONIBUS", they are the only works that have been saved for Altobello. Melon died before May 3, 1543.

Secured works

Frescoes in the Cathedral of Cremona :

  • Escape to Egypt
  • Bethlehemite child murder
  • Washing feet
  • Prayer on the Mount of Olives
  • Capture of Christ
  • Christ before Caiaphas

Attributions (selection)

  • Lovers , Picture Gallery of the Old Masters, Dresden
  • Road to Emmaus , National Gallery, London
  • Lamentation of Christ , Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
  • Portrait of a Man (so-called Portrait of Cesare Borgias ), Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
  • Narcissus at the fountain , Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

Secondary literature

  • Paola Castellini: Girolamo Romanino e Altobello Melon a Brescia tra il primo e il secondo decennio del Cinquecento. In: Passione è Cultura. Scritti per Tino Gipponi. Milan 2007, pp. 43-51.
  • Mina Gregori: Altobello e G. Francesco Bembo. In: Paragone 8 (1957), pp. 16-40.
  • Mina Gregori (ed.): Pittura a Cremona dal Romanico al Settecento. Milan 1990.
  • Julian Kliemann, Michael Rohlmann: Wall painting in Italy. The period of the High Renaissance and Mannerism 1500–1600. Munich 2004, p. 215ff.
  • Nicholas Penny: The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings. Volume I. Paintings from Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona. London 2004.
  • Jochen Sander: Italian paintings in the Städel 1300–1550. Northern Italy, the Marches and Rome. Mainz 2004.

Web links

Commons : Altobello Melone  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Italian paintings in the Städel 1300–1550. Northern Italy, the Marches and Rome , Mainz 2004, p. 172
  2. ↑ See Paola Castellini: Girolamo Romanino e Altobello Melone a Brescia tra il primo e il secondo decennio del Cinquecento . In: Passione è Cultura. Scritti per Tino Gipponi Milan, 2007, pp. 43–51, p. 43.
  3. ↑ See Jochen Sander: Italian paintings in the Städel 1300–1550. Upper Italy, the brands and Rome , Mainz 2004, p. 181 u. Kliemann, Julian u. Rohlmann, Michael: Wall painting in Italy, The time of the High Renaissance and Mannerism 1500–1600 , Munich 2004, p. 215ff.
  4. ↑ See Nicholas Penny: The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings. Volume I. Paintings from Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona. London 2004.
  5. ↑ Cf. Julian Kliemann, Michael Rohlmann: Wall painting in Italy, The time of the High Renaissance and Mannerism 1500–1600. Munich 2004, p. 215ff.
  6. ↑ Cf. Mina Gregori: Altobello e G. Francesco Bembo. In: Paragone 8 (1957), pp. 16-40.
  7. ↑ See Nicholas Penny: The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings. Volume I. Paintings from Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona , London 2004.
  8. ↑ See ibid.
  9. ↑ See Jochen Sander: Italian paintings in the Städel 1300–1550. Upper Italy, the brands and Rome , Mainz 2004, p. 181ff.
personal data
SURNAME Melon, Altobello
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meloni, Altobello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Cremona
DATE OF DEATH before May 3, 1543