Silvestro de Buoni (died 1484) was an Italian painter of the early-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

period, specifically the

Quattrocento The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1400 to 1499 are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento (, , ) from the Italian word for the number 400, in turn from , which is Italian for the year 1400. The Quattrocento encom ...

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. Also called ''Silvestro de Buono'', son of

Buono de' Buoni Buono de' Buoni was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active in his native Naples, Italy. According to Dominici, he flourished about the year 1430. He was a disciple of an old Neapolitan painter called Colantonio del Fiore, whom he assiste ...

. He was the pupil of the painter

Lo Zingaro Antonio Solario ( 1502–1518), also known as Antonio de Solario or da Solario and sometimes by the nickname Lo Zingaro ("The Gypsy"), was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who worked in Naples, the Marche and possibly England. His car ...

and

Donzelli Donzelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Domenico Donzelli (1790–1873), Italian opera singer *Valérie Donzelli Valérie Donzelli (born 2 March 1973) is a French actress, filmmaker and screenwriter. She has ...

. He is sometimes confused with

Silvestro Morvillo Silvestro Morvillo, also called il Bruno or Silvestro Bruno (born 1525, active 1571–1597) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period in Naples. Morvillo studied under Giovanni Bernardo Lama Giovanni Bernardo Lama (1508–1579) was ...

. He painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for San Pietro Martire of Naples.

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* Quattrocento painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Renaissance painters 1484 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub