Giovanni Battista da Faenza, called Bertucci (the Monkey), who painted in the style of

Perugino Pietro Perugino (, ; – 1523), born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael was his most famous pupil. Ear ...

and

Pinturicchio Pinturicchio, or Pintoricchio (, ; born Bernardino di Betto; 1454–1513), also known as Benetto di Biagio or Sordicchio, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. He acquired his nickname (meaning "little painter") because of his smal ...

, flourished in the early part of the 16th century at

Faenza Faenza (, , ; rgn, Fènza or ; la, Faventia) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna. Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed eart ...

. In the Pinacoteca of that city there are various works ascribed to him, of which the most remarkable is a ''

Majesty Majesty (abbreviated HM for His Majesty or Her Majesty, oral address Your Majesty; from the Latin ''maiestas'', meaning "greatness") is used as a manner of address by many monarchs, usually kings or queens. Where used, the style outranks the st ...

,'' signed by him and bearing the date 1506. Crowe and Cavalcaselle also claim for Bertucci an ''Adoration of the Magi'' in the Berlin Gallery, there ascribed to Pinturicchio, and a ''Glorification of the Virgin'' in the

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...

, given in the catalogue to

Lo Spagna Lo Spagna (died ''c.'' 1529), "the Spaniard" in Italian, was a painter of the High Renaissance, active in central Italy. His name was Giovanni di Pietro, but he was known as ''Lo Spagna'' because he was born in Spain. After Raphael, he was a ma ...

, who was a pupil of Perugino. His last will and testament, dated 1594, was collected in Gualandi's ''Memori''.Memorie originali italiane risguardanti le belle arti
Volume 1, by Michelangelo Gualandi, M.G. pages 21-26.

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