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Bartolomeo Bellano, also known as Bartolomeo Vellano, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect who was born in
Bartolomeo Bellano in ArtCyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellano, Bartolomeo Italian Renaissance sculptors Donatello Year of birth unknown 1490s deaths Artists from Padua 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors
Bartolomeo Bellano, also known as Bartolomeo Vellano, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect who was born in Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
in 1437 or 1438. He was the son of a goldsmith and became a student of the sculptor Donatello
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello ( ), was a Republic of Florence, Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Republic of Florence, Florence, he studied classical sculpture and use ...
, with whom he worked on many projects, including in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Bartolomeo Bellano’s earliest documented works are four terracotta
Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based ceramic glaze, unglazed or glazed ceramic where the pottery firing, fired body is porous.
In applied art, craft, construction, a ...
relief sculptures of boys, which were commissioned about 1460. One of which is held by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. He created a statue of Pope Paul II
Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States
from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...
in Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
in 1467.
Among his students was the sculptor and architect Andrea Riccio
Andrea Riccio (1532) was an Italian sculptor and occasional architect, whose real name was Andrea Briosco, but is usually known by his sobriquet meaning "curly"; he is also known as Il Riccio and Andrea Crispus ("curly" in Latin). He is mainly k ...
. Riccio imitated Bellano's ''Europa and the Bull'' sculpture.
Bartolomeo died in Padua in either 1496 or 1497.
References
* ''Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, Rome, Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, 1960. * Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, editors, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986. * Vasari, Giorgio, ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations.External links
Bartolomeo Bellano in ArtCyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellano, Bartolomeo Italian Renaissance sculptors Donatello Year of birth unknown 1490s deaths Artists from Padua 15th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors