Pellegrino Tibaldi

Pellegrino Tibaldi , 1527-96, Italian baroque painter and architect, whose real name was Pellegrino di Tibaldo de' Pellegrini. He studied in Bologna, and his early painting of the Marriage of St. Catherine attests the influence of Bagnacavallo, who may have been his first master. A trip to Rome in 1547, however, afforded Tibaldi a study of Michelangelo's art that was decisive for the formation of his style. He returned to Bologna in 1550 to supervise the completion of Cardinal Poggio's palace (now the Univ. of Bologna). He decorated the interior with scenes from the Odyssey, using illusionistically painted architecture as a framework. Later he executed decorative frescoes in the Ferretti Palace, Ancona. After 1565 he devoted himself principally to architecture. Under the patronage of Charles Borromeo, he was named architect of the city of Milan and was involved in the construction of the cathedral. He designed the courtyard of the archiepiscopal palace (1564-70) and the churches of San Fedele (1569-79) and San Sebastiano (1577) in Milan. Philip II summoned him to Spain, where he worked (1588-96) on frescoes at the Escorial. He returned to Milan in 1596 and continued work on the cathedral until his death.

Tibaldi, Pellegrino (1527–96). Italian Mannerist painter and architect. He was born in Lombardy and brought up in Bologna. From about 1547 to 1553 he worked in Rome, and his style in painting, distinguished by grand, if sometimes rather ponderous, figures, was based mainly on the work of Michelangelo, for whom he had a lifelong admiration. His finest paintings are frescos illustrating the story of Ulysses (c.1555) in the Palazzo Poggi (now University), Bologna. From the mid-1560s Tibaldi worked a good deal as an architect, chiefly in and around Milan, where he was much employed by the archbishop, Charles Borromeo; he was appointed chief architect to the cathedral in 1567. In 1587 he moved to Spain to work on the decoration of the Escorial, for which he produced a large amount of decorative painting. His work there was influential in the development of Spanish Mannerism. He returned to Milan, ennobled by Philip II (see Habsburg), in the year of his death.

Tibaldi, Pellegrino (b Puria di Valsolda, nr. Lugano, c.1527; d Milan, 27 May 1596). Italian Mannerist painter and architect. He was brought up in Bologna, and from about 1547 to 1553 he worked in Rome; his style in painting, distinguished by grand, if sometimes rather ponderous figures, was based mainly on the work of Michelangelo, for whom he had a lifelong admiration. His finest paintings are frescos illustrating the story of Ulysses (c.1555) in the Palazzo Poggi (now University), Bologna. From the mid-1560s Tibaldi worked a good deal as an architect, chiefly in and around Milan, where he was much employed by the archbishop, Charles Borromeo; he was appointed chief architect to the cathedral in 1567. In 1587 he moved to Spain to work on the decoration of the Escorial, for which he produced a large amount of decorative painting. His work there was influential in the development of Spanish Mannerism. He returned to Milan, ennobled by Philip II (see Habsburg), in the year of his death.