Bartolomeo di Fruosino

Birth plate with birth scene, around 1405 (Isola Bella, Borromeo Collection)

Bartolomeo di Fruosino (* 1366 or 1369 in Florence ; † December 7, 1441 ibid) was an Italian painter .

Life

The date of birth of Bartolomeo di Fruosino is not clearly established, since the artist himself stated his age as 61 in 1427 and 64 in 1433. His brother Giovanni was a sculptor and perhaps also a painter. From 1394 he belonged to the Compagnia dei Pittori of Florence. Together with Agnolo Gaddi , he worked in 1394 on the design of the Cappella del Sacro Cingolo of the cathedral in Prato . Numerous commissions from the Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova to him are documented between 1402 and 1438 . Bartolomeo di Fruosino was a bachelor all his life and apparently died a wealthy man.

meaning

Bartolomeo di Fruosino is not one of the great artists of the early 15th century. Stylistically, the influence of Agnolo Gaddi and later Lorenzo Monaco can be determined. The only signed work by Bartolomeo is the illumination for a missal in the church of Sant'Egidio from 1421, all other works are attributions to him.

Works

• Birth plate depicting a birth scene on the front and a seated boy on the back (Isola Bella, Borromeo collection), around 1405, tempera on wood, diameter 55 cm
• Illumination in Codice A (Museo Nazionale di Bargello), 1411
• Illumination for a missal in the Church of Sant'Egidio (Museo San Marco, inv.no.557), 1421

literature

• Mirella Levi D'Ancona:  Bartolomeo di Fruosino. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 6:  Baratteri – Bartolozzi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1964.
• Mauro Natale: The Borromeo Collection . Painting and sculpture in the footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci. Exhibition catalog. Skira, Geneva 2007, ISBN 978-88-6130-518-2 , pp. 64-67

Web links

Commons : Bartolomeo di Fruosino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Publications about Bartolomeo di Fruosino in the Opac der Regesta Imperii