Bernardino Butinone(b c.
1450; d Treviglio, before 6 Nov 1510).
Italian painter, lombard school. He was the son of the painter Jacopo
Butinone of Treviglio. His training was probably
based on the study of such painters as Andrea
Mantegna, Cosimo Tura, Francesco del Cossa, from
whom he learnt an expressive and refined style, and
Vincenzo Foppa. The earliest works, probably from
the early 1480s, include a panel of the
Crucifixion (Rome, G.N.A. Mod.), in which the
incisive drawing and dramatic atmosphere suggest
Mantegna’s influence. Also from this period is the
Virgin and Child with Angels (Milan,
Gallarati-Scotti priv. col.), inspired by Tura and
Cossa. Butinone is documented in Milan from 1484,
probably the year he painted the triptych of the
Virgin and Child with SS Leonard and Bernardino of
Siena (Milan, Brera), which reflects the
realistic style of Foppa.
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Crocifisso tra Maria e San Giovanni
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
1485
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The Massacre of the Innocents |
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Madonna and Child
c. 1490
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
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Bernardo Zenale
(b Treviglio, c. 1464; d Milan,
10 Feb 1526).
Italian painter and architect. In 1481 Zenale was
already a qualified master and a member of the
Scuola di S Luca, the painters’ guild, in Milan. In
1485 he and BERNARDINO BUTINONE were hired by Simone
da San Pellegrino and other officials of S Martino,
Treviglio, to paint a large altarpiece for the high
altar (in situ); the carving of the frame was
sub-contracted to Ambrogio and Giovanni Pietro
Donati. By January 1491 the altarpiece had been
installed, and Zenale and Butinone made a final
payment to the Donati brothers. The two-tiered
polyptych, in an elaborate pedimented frame, shows
the Virgin and Child, St Martin and the beggar and
other saints. The architectural setting for each
group, shown in steep perspective, is festooned with
swags and encrusted with decorative patterning.
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Madonna Adoring the
Child with Musical Angels
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St John the Baptist
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St Alberto Carmelitan
1510
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Madonna and Saints
1480
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La
Circoncision avec Fra Jacopo Lampugnani en donateur
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