Nikola Božidarević (; more commonly Nicholas of Ragusa (, , 1460 – 26 November 1517), was a painter from

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at the turn of the Gothic in the

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Life

The son of the painter Božidar Vlatković of

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, he was probably born in

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(today

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) around 1460. He was mentioned in 1475 as a fresco painter at the Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik and in 1476 as a pupil of painter Petar Ognjanović, whose workshop in 1477 was based on the doctrine of

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. He was a hard-working and greatly sought-after man, as can be seen from numerous documents and contracts kept in the Dubrovnik archives. Monasteries like the Franciscans in

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and the Dubrovnik Dominicans commissioned works from him, as did noble families and individuals and some churches. After a long stay in Italy, he reappears in Dubrovnik in 1494, where he and his father concluded an agreement for polyptych on Gradić's altar in the Dubrovnik Dominican church.

Works

Of seventeen works by Nikola Božidarević recorded in the Dubrovnik Archives, only four paintings remain: a triptych on a side altar in the Bundić Chapel of the Dominican monastery in Dubrovnik, ''The Annunciation'' in the art gallery of the Dominican church, the Đorđić family's altarpiece in the capitulary hall of the Dominican monastery, and another triptych in the Franciscan church on Lopud has also been ascribed to him.Radovinović, Radovan (1999), ''The Croatian Adriatic'', p. 363, Naklada Naprijed,

Gallery

Image:Dubrovnik ábrázolása Bozidarevic festményén.jpg, Detail: Model of Ragusa held by Saint Blaise Image:Niccolò ragusino (nikola bozidarovic), pala dordic, 1513.JPG , Giorgi Altarpiece Image:Niccolò Ragusino (Nikola Božidarević), Annunciazione, 1513 ca., 01.jpg, Annunciation

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bozidarevic, Nikola People from Dubrovnik 15th-century births 1517 deaths 16th-century painters Ragusan painters Painters from the Republic of Venice

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