- Bernardino Butinone
Bernardino Butinone (1435 or 1436 – c. 1507 or 1508) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance , active mainly aroundMilan .Born in
Treviglio , he was the son ofJacopo da Treviglio , and also known as "Bernardo da Treviglio".A pupil of
Vincenzo Foppa , he was tutor ofBramantino and collaborated withBernardo Zenale . Others claimed he trained withVincenzo Civerchio , with whom he worked in Milan [ M. Farquhar] . From 1491 to 1493 they executed the vault of the Grifi Chapel inSan Pietro in Gessate in Milan. Their masterwork is the polyptych of San Martino in Treviglio, universally considered the most important work of the 15th century art inLombardy , which was commissioned in 1485.Butinone's most appealing works are a series of small panels he painted depicting the life of Christ, which are now dispersed in various collections. These include the "Adoration of the Shepherds" (National Gallery, London), "Adoration of the Magi" (Brooklyn Museum of Art), "Massacre of the Innocents" (Detroit Institute of Arts), "Flight into Egypt" and "Deposition" (Art Institute of Chicago), "Christ among the Doctors" (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh), and "Supper at Bethany" (Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin).
He also frescoed the pilasters of Santa Maria delle Grazie of Milan.
References
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 38| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on June 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/butinone/biograph.html|Web Gallery of Art biography.]
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