Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) (1466 or 1467[1] – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci.[2] Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personalities to emerge from Leonardo's studio. According to Giorgio Vasari, he was of an aristocratic family and was born in Milan.
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Portrait of a Boy as Saint Sebastian
His major painting of the 1490s is the Resurrection (painted with fellow da Vinci pupil Marco d'Oggiono and now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). A Madonna and Child in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli of Milan, is one of the high points of the Lombard Quattrocento.
His portraits, often in profile, and his half-length renderings of the Madonna and Child are Leonardesque in conception, though the clean hard edges of his outlines lack Leonardo's sfumato.
In Bologna, where he remained in 1500-1502, he found sympathetic patrons in the Casio family, of whom he painted several portraits and for whom he produced his masterwork, the Pala Casio for the Church of the Misericordia (Louvre Museum); it depicts a Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian and two Kneeling Donors, Giacomo Marchione de' Pandolfi da Casio and his son, the Bolognese poet Girolamo Casio,[3] who mentioned Boltraffio in some of his sonnets. Boltraffio's portrait of Girolamo Casio is at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. His Portrait of a Man in Profile is in the National Gallery, London.
The standard monograph is Maria Teresa Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo. (Milan and Rome) 2000.
Selected works with disputed attributionedit
A portrait probably depicting Girolamo CasioSalvator Mundi, c.1500, after restoration
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Scorpion Chain, Columbia Museum of Art. Formerly assigned to the Louvre's Master of the Vierge aux Balances, the handsome Portrait of a Young Woman with a Scorpion Chain now in the Samuel H. Kress Collection of the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC has been reattributed to the hand of Boltraffio and dated to the period 1490-1505. Whether or not Leonardo participated in its design remains uncertain.[4]
The Salvator Mundi from the workshop of Leonardo was attributed wholly to Boltraffio up to 2011 and some scholars continued to believe he contributed to it.[7] By 2017 however, the consensus in the art world was that it was a Leonardo da Vinci work,[8][9] although art historian Matthew Landrus maintained that the master contributed only about five to 20% of the painting with assistants such as Bernardino Luini producing the balance.[10] Carmen Bambach of the Metropolitan Museum of Art however, continued to maintain that the work was mostly painted by Boltraffio with "small retouchings" by the master.[11]
Notesedit
^According to his tombstone he was 49 at his death in 1516.
^Leonardo records a "Gian Antonio" in his studio in 1491.
^"Platonic receptacles, Leonardo and the Salvator Mundi". 3 Pipe Problem. 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
^"Salvator Mundi – Newly Attributed da Vinci Painting". Arthistory.about.com. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^Pogrebin, Robin; Reyburn, Scott (15 November 2017). "Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^Solly, Meilan (9 August 2018). "Historian Asserts That Leonardo's Assistant Painted Majority of 'Salvator Mundi'". www.smithsonianmag.com.
^"Leonardo da Vinci expert declines to back Salvator Mundi as his painting, Dr Carmen Bambach believes the polymath likely only did small retouchings to the work". theguardian.com. 2 June 2019.
Referencesedit
Mack, Charles R., European Art in the Columbia Museum of Art including the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Volume I: the Thirteenth through the Sixteenth Century, Columbia, SC: Univ. of South Carolina Press,2009, cat. #19, pp. 135–39.
Brief biography from National Gallery of Art entry.
Media related to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio at Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo da Vinci: anatomical drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Boltraffio (see index)
Painters of reality : the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Boltraffio (see index)
April 26, 2024
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Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio or Beltraffio 1466 or 1467 1 1516 was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci 2 Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personalities to emerge from Leonardo s studio According to Giorgio Vasari he was of an aristocratic family and was born in Milan Madonna and Child Museum of Fine Arts Budapest Contents 1 Paintings 2 Selected works with disputed attribution 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksPaintings edit nbsp Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Portrait of a Boy as Saint Sebastian His major painting of the 1490s is the Resurrection painted with fellow da Vinci pupil Marco d Oggiono and now in the Gemaldegalerie Berlin A Madonna and Child in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli of Milan is one of the high points of the Lombard Quattrocento His portraits often in profile and his half length renderings of the Madonna and Child are Leonardesque in conception though the clean hard edges of his outlines lack Leonardo s sfumato In Bologna where he remained in 1500 1502 he found sympathetic patrons in the Casio family of whom he painted several portraits and for whom he produced his masterwork the Pala Casio for the Church of the Misericordia Louvre Museum it depicts a Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian and two Kneeling Donors Giacomo Marchione de Pandolfi da Casio and his son the Bolognese poet Girolamo Casio 3 who mentioned Boltraffio in some of his sonnets Boltraffio s portrait of Girolamo Casio is at the Pinacoteca di Brera Milan His Portrait of a Man in Profile is in the National Gallery London The standard monograph is Maria Teresa Fiorio Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo Milan and Rome 2000 Selected works with disputed attribution edit nbsp A portrait probably depicting Girolamo Casio nbsp Salvator Mundi c 1500 after restoration Portrait of a Young Woman with a Scorpion Chain Columbia Museum of Art Formerly assigned to the Louvre s Master of the Vierge aux Balances the handsome Portrait of a Young Woman with a Scorpion Chain now in the Samuel H Kress Collection of the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia SC has been reattributed to the hand of Boltraffio and dated to the period 1490 1505 Whether or not Leonardo participated in its design remains uncertain 4 Madonna Litta Hermitage Saint Petersburg sometimes attributed to Leonardo da Vinci Holy family National Gallery in Prague probably a copy after the unknown original Virgin and child with donor Rome Sant Onofrio Museo del Tasso sometimes attributed to Cesare da Sesto Portrait of a Man Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 5 probably by Ambrogio de Predis Virgin and Child is at the National Gallery in London 6 The Salvator Mundi from the workshop of Leonardo was attributed wholly to Boltraffio up to 2011 and some scholars continued to believe he contributed to it 7 By 2017 however the consensus in the art world was that it was a Leonardo da Vinci work 8 9 although art historian Matthew Landrus maintained that the master contributed only about five to 20 of the painting with assistants such as Bernardino Luini producing the balance 10 Carmen Bambach of the Metropolitan Museum of Art however continued to maintain that the work was mostly painted by Boltraffio with small retouchings by the master 11 Notes edit According to his tombstone he was 49 at his death in 1516 Leonardo records a Gian Antonio in his studio in 1491 Girolamo Casio 1464 1533 Mack p 137 ImageBase search famsf org 8080 Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 Retrieved 19 April 2022 The Virgin and Child Art UK artuk org Platonic receptacles Leonardo and the Salvator Mundi 3 Pipe Problem 2011 09 18 Retrieved 2019 04 22 Salvator Mundi Newly Attributed da Vinci Painting Arthistory about com Retrieved 16 November 2017 Pogrebin Robin Reyburn Scott 15 November 2017 Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for 450 3 Million Shattering Auction Highs The New York Times Retrieved 16 November 2017 Solly Meilan 9 August 2018 Historian Asserts That Leonardo s Assistant Painted Majority of Salvator Mundi www smithsonianmag com Leonardo da Vinci expert declines to back Salvator Mundi as his painting Dr Carmen Bambach believes the polymath likely only did small retouchings to the work theguardian com 2 June 2019 References editMack Charles R European Art in the Columbia Museum of Art including the Samuel H Kress Collection Volume I the Thirteenth through the Sixteenth Century Columbia SC Univ of South Carolina Press 2009 cat 19 pp 135 39 Brief biography from National Gallery of Art entry Artcyclopedia entry on Boltraffio Pala Casio at Louvre Museum Madonna and Child 1495 at Museo Poldi Pezzoli Milan Madonna and Child at Museum of Fine Arts Budapest Portrait of Girolamo Casio Archived 2007 05 20 at the Wayback Machine 1500 1502 at Pinacoteca di Brera Milan Portrait of a Youth permanent dead link at National Gallery of Art Washington DC Portrait of a Man and 2 renditions of Madonna and Child one of the latter by a follower of Boltraffio at National Gallery London Timken Museum of Art San Diego CA Youth Holding an Arrow The sitter portrayed crowned with a laurel entwined fillet is likely to be the poet Girolamo Casio Web Gallery of Art Gallery of Boltraffio artworks Database permanent dead link Photo repertory of Boltraffio External links edit nbsp Media related to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio at Wikimedia Commons Leonardo da Vinci anatomical drawings from the Royal Library Windsor Castle an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art fully available online as PDF which contains material on Boltraffio see index Painters of reality the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art fully available online as PDF which contains material on Boltraffio see index Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio amp oldid 1211901216, 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