Giovanni Francesco da Rimini (1420–1469), was an Italian painter. The artist was previously only known as the ''Master of the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin'', until the works were properly attributed.
Life
He was born in
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
, and documents have him 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 ...
between 1441 and 1444, and several times in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
between 1459 and 1469. He painted primarily religious works for church commissions. His style and depictions of depth in some of his works infer that he may have been influenced by the sculptures of
Agostino di Duccio
Agostino di Duccio (1418 – ) was an early Renaissance Italians, Italian sculptor.
Born in Florence, he worked in Prato with Donatello and Michelozzo, who influenced him greatly. In 1441, he was accused of stealing precious materials from ...
. Corrado Ricci saw in his style the influence of Bonfigli, and attributed to him paintings in the apse of the Duomo of
Atri
Atri ( sa, अत्रि) or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the on ...
.
Emilia e Romagna
Corrado Ricci; Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, Bergamo, 1911; page 70. He died in Bologna in 1469. Ricci sets the year of death as 1471.
References
* Charles R. Mack, ''European Art in the Columbia Museum of Art, Including the Samuel H. Kress Collection, Volume I: the Thirteenth though the Sixteenth Century'', Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2009, 74–77.
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1420 births
1469 deaths
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
People from Rimini
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