Andrea de 'Bartoli

Andrea de 'Bartoli (or Andrea da Bologna) (* 1349 in Bologna ; † 1369 ) was an Italian painter .

According to the art critics R. Longhi (1934/35) and Francesco Arcangeli (1971), Andrea de 'Bartoli worked in the style of Vitale da Bologna and was therefore probably his pupil.

The oldest written documents about his life are account entries from 1359. After that, the Collegio di Spagna in Bologna , which was founded by the papal legate Cardinal Egidio Albornoz (in office from 1350 to 1367), paid him to buy pigments .

In 1365 he painted the palace of Galeazzo Visconti in Pavia for two months on behalf of Albornoz 'successor, Cardinal Androine de Rocha . He was supported by Jacopino Bavosi and his son Pietro Bavosi .

In 1368 an Andreas pictor de Bononia (Andrea da Bologna) received the large sum of 450 Florentines for the completion of the frescoes in the side chapel of Albornoz in the lower church of the Basilica of San Francesco , which was consecrated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria . In addition, 10 Florentines were paid to this painter to paint Albornoz's grave in this same chapel. It is obvious to ascribe these frescoes to the court painter of Albornoz, namely Andrea de 'Bartoli, and not Andrea dei Bruni , another painter, namesake and contemporary who also came from Bologna.

The frescoes in another side chapel of the same basilica, dedicated to St. Lawrence , are also attributed to Andrea de 'Bartoli. They show finely crafted architectural elements , landscapes with detailed depictions of forests, hedges, birds and hunting animals, which are atypical for that time.

Stylistically, the artists will also illustrations in the manuscripts ( manuscripts ) of his brother Bartolomeo de 'Bartoli associated with the most famous and highest-paid writer in Bologna was his time.

literature

• Meissner, Günther (Ed.): General artist lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples , Volume 3 (Alvarez-Angelin), KGSaur, Munich, Leipzig, 1992. pp. 510–511, ISBN 3598227434