- Benedetto Bonfigli
Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420–
July 8 1496 ) was an Italian painter of theQuattrocento born inPerugia , and active aroundUmbria . He is also known as "Buonfiglio". He was the teacher of the painterPietro Perugino .His earliest work was an ' Annunciation,' originally in the Orfanelli at
Perugia . His masterpiece is a series of frescoes in the Palazzo del Consiglio in the same city, which represent the "Lives of St. Louis of Toulouse and St. Herculanus"; they were begun in 1454 and not finished in 1496, in which year Bonfigli's will is dated. An "Adoration of the Magi" (c. 1460) was painted for San Domenico. A Banner ("gonfalone") was painted in 1465 for the brotherhood of San Bernardino, and representing the deeds of their patron saint; another Gonfalone painted for the brotherhood of San Fiorenzo in 1476, in honor of the Virgin, who had been prayed to intercede for the cessation of the plague. He painted a "Virgin of Mercy"' (1478) for the church of the Commenda di Santa Croce; and several others in and around Perugia. He was much influenced byDomenico Veneziano andPietro della Francesca . He also painted frescoes of "Sant Ercolano and San Ludovico" (1454) for the Palazzo del Consiglio. He died in Perugia.References
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