- Raffaellino del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle (1490 – 1556) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in
Umbria . He was born inColle , nearBorgo Sansepolcro in Tuscany.He is also called "Raffaellino della Colle". A pupil of
Raphael , whom he is held to have assisted in theFarnesina and the Vatican. After Raphael's death, Raffaellino worked underGiulio Romano in the "Sala di Constantino" in the Vatican. After the the 1527 Sack of Rome, like most of Romano's studio and most of the foreign art community, Raffaellino and other artists dispersed through Italy, most returning to their home cities. Rafaellino went toCittà di Castello , near his birthplace, where he painted altar-pieces for the principal churches, which are now mostly to be found in that town's Municipal Art Gallery. He also worked in Borgo San Sepolcro. He worked for the service DukeDella Rovere inUrbino from 1539 to 1543. He also worked withGirolamo Genga in Pesaro, decorating the "Camera dei Semibusti", "Sala della Calunni", and "Cabinet of Hercules" of the "Villa Imperiale" forFrancesco Maria della Rovere , Duke of Urbino. InPerugia he worked at the "Rocca Paolina" (1540). In 1536, Vasari commissioned from ephemeral street decorations based on the occasion of the entry of Charles V intoFlorence .References
*1911
*cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Pelican History of Art| chapter= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| editor= | others= | pages=263-4 |Penguin Books Ltd| publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink=
*cite book | first= Francesca| last= Chieli| year=2005| title= Itinerari d'Arte e di Storia | chapter= Città di Castello| editor= | others= | pages=31-35 |publisher= Elemond| id= | url= | authorlink=External links
* [http://www.centrostudigmazzini.it/lavalledorata03_raffaellinodelcolle.html The life of Raffaellino del Colle] .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.