Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno - The Funeral of Saint Francis of Assisi - Walters 37456

Bartolomeo di Tommaso, also known as Bartolomeo da Foligno (born in Foligno, c. 1400, active by 1425, died 1453–54) was an Italian painter of the Umbro-

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school.

Life and career

He was in Ancona from 1425 to 1442, when he returned to Foligno with his wife, Onofria, the sister of the painter

Pierantonio Mezzastris Pier Antonio Mezzastris (or Pierantonio Mezastris; c. 1430 – c. 1506) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, painting in a somewhat provincial style for the time. He was born at Foligno in Umbria. He painted religious subjects, working m ...

. Bartolomeo was documented in

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in 1442, at work in the choir of Sant’ Agostino with a group of painters, including

Nicola di Ulisse Nicola di Ulisse, also known as Nicola da Siena or Nicola di Ulisse da Siena (active 1442 - 1470) was an Italian painter of the Umbro-Sienese school. Nicola was born in Siena, but was documented in Norcia by 1442, at work in the choir of Sant’ ...

from Siena;

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from Germany; Giambono di Corrado of Ragusa; and

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. The administration of Pope Nicholas V asked him to come to Rome and work in various projects.Key to Umbria
biography. He painted a ''Virgin and Saints'' in 1430 for the church of San Salvatore at

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

References

Attribution

External links

''Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools''
a collection catalog containing information about Tommaso and his works (see index; plates 36–37).
Intorno a Bartolomeo di Tommaso, Ricerche sulla “Scuola di Ancona”
article by Matteo Mazzalupi. Year of birth unknown 1450s deaths Quattrocento painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Umbrian painters People from Foligno {{Italy-painter-stub