Bramantino

Bramantino , c.1465-c.1535, Lombard painter and architect. His real name was Bartolomeo Suardi. He took the name of his master Bramante, whose style he followed closely. He became court painter to Francesco Maria Sforza. His works are noted for their fine architectural background. Examples of his art are the Madonna and Angels and St. Martin (both: Brera, Milan); and several paintings in the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. As an architect, Bramantino designed the Trivulzio Chapel (San Nazzaro, Milan). He also wrote a treatise on perspective, parts of which have been preserved.

Bramantino ( Bartolomeo Suardi) (b ?Milan, c.1460; d Milan, 1530). Milanese painter and architect, a follower of Bramante, from whom he takes his nickname (meaning ‘little Bramante’). He was appointed court painter and architect to Duke Francesco II Sforza in 1525. His style as a painter is complex and eclectic, drawing on Piero della Francesca and Leonardo as well as Bramante; at its best it has a certain stolid dignity. Perhaps his most individual characteristic is his use of sombre classical architectural backgrounds, as in the Adoration of the Magi (c.1500, NG, London).

Bramantino ( Bartolomeo Suardi) (c.1460–1530). Milanese painter and architect, a follower of Bramante, from whom he takes his nickname (meaning ‘little Bramante’). He was appointed court painter and architect to Duke Francesco II Sforza in 1525. His style as a painter is complex and eclectic, drawing on Piero della Francesca and Leonardo as well as Bramante; at its best it has a certain stolid dignity. Perhaps his most individual characteristic is his use of sombre classical architectural backgrounds, as in the Adoration of the Magi (c.1500, NG, London).