Benedetto Bonfigli

Saint Augustin and Saint Sebastian

Benedetto Bonfigli (* around 1420 in Perugia ; † July 8, 1496 in Perugia) was an Umbrian painter .

Bonfigli, whose youth is unknown, was commissioned in 1454 to decorate the Cappella dei Priori in Perugia with frescoes depicting scenes from the life of St. Louis and St. Herculan. After completion, Fra Filippo Lippi praised his work in a report.

From 1464 to 1468 he worked on a triptych , Mary and four saints, in Perugia.

Together with Bartolomeo Caporali , he painted some of the many flag images to implore the Madonna's help against the plague .

Selection of works

Adoration of the Magi, wood, 226 × 188 cm. Perugia, Galleria Nazionale.
Adoration of the Magi, wood, 37 × 49 cm. London, National Gallery.
Nativity of Christ, wood, 55 × 42 cm. Settignano (near Florence), B. Berenson Collection.
Gonfalone di S. Bernardino, 1465. Perugia, Galleria Nazionale.
Mary and four saints, 1466–68, wood, 195 × 201 cm. Perugia, Galleria Nazionale.
Enthroned Mary, wood, 48 × 21 cm. Washington (D. C.), National Gallery of Art.
Annunciation to Mary and St. Luke, wood, 227 × 200 cm. Perugia, Galleria Nazionale.
Annunciation, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.
Portrait of Frederich III, Uffizi Gallery , Florence.

literature

Walter bomb : Bonfigli (Buonfigli), Benedetto . 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. 284–286 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Francesco Federico Mancini: Bonfigli, Benedetto . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 12, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22752-3 , pp. 523-525.

Web links

Commons : Benedetto Bonfigli - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ The Adoration of the Kings, and Christ on the Cross ( Memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: nationalgallery.org.uk, accessed on September 21, 2017.
^ The Annunciation ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: metmuseum.org, accessed on September 21, 2017.
^ Portrait of Frederick III ( Memento of July 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). In: metmuseum.org, accessed on September 21, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Bonfigli, Benedetto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Benedetto da Perugia; Buonfigli, Benedetto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Umbrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1420
PLACE OF BIRTH	Perugia
DATE OF DEATH	July 8, 1496
Place of death	Perugia

[1] The Adoration of the Kings, and Christ on the Cross ( Memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: nationalgallery.org.uk, accessed on September 21, 2017.

[2] The Annunciation ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: metmuseum.org, accessed on September 21, 2017.

[3] Portrait of Frederick III ( Memento of July 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). In: metmuseum.org, accessed on September 21, 2017.