Ippolito del Donzello (1455 – ?) was an

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painter and architect of the

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, active mainly in

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Biography

Ippolito (or Polito) and his half-brother

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were the sons of Francesco d'Antonio di Jacopo,

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('donzello') of the

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, and were both born in that city — Piero in 1451, and Ippolito in 1455. Ippolito was the pupil of

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from 1469 to 1471, and the brothers were companions in the same atelier in Florence up to 1480. In 1481, or soon after, they went to Naples to decorate the palace of Poggio Reale, which was then being built for Alfonso I, from the designs of

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, and it is not unlikely that Ippolito died in that city, but the death of Ippolito is not registered. Ippolito and Pietro both assisted

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, called II Zingaro, in the frescoes in the cloisters of the monastery of San Severino at Naples, and in the

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are two ''Crucifixions'' and a 'Virgin and Child with Saints,' and other paintings assigned to them. They also served as architects in Naples.The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern
by Francesco Milizia, page 191.

References

Attribution: * Quattrocento painters Italian male painters 1455 births Year of death unknown Painters from Naples 15th-century Italian painters Architects from Naples {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub