Bartolomeo del Tintore

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Bartolomeo del Tintore (* before 1461, probably in Ferrara , † 1495 in Bologna ) was an illuminator in Bologna in the late 15th century. He may also have been known as Bartolomeo di Giovanni Antonio . In his depiction of details and choice of motifs he shows a strong influence of the Italian Renaissance .

Bartolomeo del Tintore came from Ferrara , one of the centers of book illumination in early Renaissance Italy. After moving to Bologna, he probably first had a job to paint a book from the archives of his new hometown. He then worked on various illustrations of manuscripts for ecclesiastical and secular clients from the city. In 1494 he was last listed among the illuminators who were then active in the illustration of liturgical texts for the Church of San Petronio in Bologna, together with Bernardino da Siena (1380–1444), Taddeo Crivelli (1425–1479), Martino da Modena ( Martino di Giorgio da Modena) and Domenico Pagliarolo .

Bartolomeo del Tintore shows the influence of Cosimo Tura (1430–1495), one of the leading illuminators in Ferrara of his time.

It has recently been suggested that Bartolomeo del Tintore was also the painter of Pliny of Pico della Mirandola , an illuminator who painted a manuscript for the Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola from the Ferrara area. However, this thesis is not undisputed.

literature

  • L. Frati. I corali della basilica di S. Petronio in Bologna . Bologna 1896
  • Francesco Malaguzzi-Valeri: Bartolomeo del Tintore . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 577 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • U. Bauer-Eberhardt: Et hi tres unum sunt: ​​Bartolomeo del Tintore, Bartolomeo di Benincà da Ferrara and the "Maestro di Pico" . In: Rivista di storia della miniatura 5.2000 (2002), pp. 109-118.
  • Pia Palladino (Ed.): Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Yale, New York 2003
  • M. Medica (Ed.): Haec Sunt Statuta. Le corporazioni medievali nelle miniature bolognesi . (Exhibition catalog). Modena 1999
  • M. Medica: Bartolomeo del Tintore. In: M. Bollati (Ed.): Dizionario biografico dei miniatori italiani. Milan 2004 pp. 60–62
personal data
SURNAME Bartolomeo del Tintore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bartolomeo di Giovanni Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian illuminator
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century
Place of death Bologna