Attavante degli Attavanti (or Vante; 1452–1525) was an Italian painter. An imitator of

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, he was employed by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, for whom he executed a

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, now in the Royal Library at

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. There is another

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by him in the National Library at

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, executed in the manner of

Domenico Ghirlandaio Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (, , ; 2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of ...

. Other missals in

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and Rome are also ascribed to him. Attavante, who was a miniature painter of great merit, worked at Florence towards the close of the 15th century. His workshop also produced the Jerome's Bible - one of the finest bibles ever to be produced in the Italian renaissance, now in the Portuguese national archives,

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. An illuminated Book of Hours on vellum, attributed to Attavanti or to his "circle", was stolen from a London warehouse in January 2017, on its way to a book fair in the United States.

Gallery

File:Book of Hours illuminated by Attavante Degli Attavanti, c 1480-1485.jpg,

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File:Attavante degli attavanti (attr.), due graduali, 1470-80 ca., 02 san giovannino in iniziale D.jpg, Circa 1470-80 File:Attavante Degli Attavanti - Codex Heroica by Philostratus - WGA01053.jpg, Codex Heroica by Philostratus File:Attavante degli attavanti e bottega, pagina da un graduale cin iniziale P e la natività, firenze 1500 ca.jpg, Page from a Gradual with an initial P and the Nativity, c.1500 File:Missel de Thomas James - BM Lyon Ms5123 f394v.jpg,

Missal A missal is a liturgical book containing instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the liturgical year. Versions differ across liturgical tradition, period, and purpose, with some missals intended to enable a pries ...

of Thomas James File:Attavante Attavanti - Leaf from Vita Zenobii Juliani da Girolamis - Walters W4061R - Open Reverse.jpg, ''Leaf from Vita Zenobii Juliani da Girolamis'', 1499 File:Folio du Missel de Thomas James - Musée Malraux Le Havre inv36.1.jpg, ''Crucifixion'', circa 1483-1484

References

* 1452 births 1525 deaths People from Castelfiorentino 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Manuscript illuminators {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub