Italian, 15th century, male.
Active at the end of the 15th century.
Sculptor. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.
Venetian School.
According to records, from 1462 to 1486 Pier Antonio dell'Abate, together with the brothers Lorenzo and Cristoforo Canozi da Lendinara, produced woodcarvings for stalls in the churches of S Antonio in Padua, Santa in Monta in Venice and S Francisco in Treviso. Elements of his work can still be found in Ferrara....
French, 15th century, male.
Active in St-Maximin (near Marseilles).
Born c. 1375; died May 1450.
Painter. Religious subjects, figures. Decorative schemes.
Andreas Abellon was a Dominican prior. Archives studied by Albanès record that the convent bought three historiated tapestries in 1444, which could have been painted by Abellon. He may have been the decorator of the chancel of the chapel, which was built between ...
Portuguese, 16th century, male.
Painter, decorative designer.
Simão de Abreu collaborated with Domingos Vieira and other artists on the decoration of the convent of Christ in Tomar. He is known principally for his seven altarpieces for the church's charola (processional way).
French, 16th century, male.
Active in Arras at the beginning of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.
Arras School.
In 1501 Adam d'Avesne restored the panel of the master altar and painted banners for the church of La Ste-Croix in Arras.
Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 30 April 1764, in Milan; died 11 February 1849, in Florence.
Painter, draughtsman (including ink), watercolourist, engraver (line-engraving). Allegorical subjects, historical subjects, battles, genre scenes, scenes with figures. Decorative schemes, church decoration, decorative designs.
After studying in Milan and Rome, Ademollo was invited to Florence to decorate the Teatro della Pergola (which has since been destroyed). He settled in Florence until his death and was widely regarded as one of the neo-classical masters of the Tuscan School. At the start of his career, he painted principally arabesques, but went on to develop his technique to the point where Ferdinand III commissioned him to decorate the Pitti Palace and to paint historical and allegorical subjects for its individual rooms. One of his best-known works is ...
Italian, 16th century, male.
Active in Naples towards the middle of the 16th century.
Painter. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.
Neapolitan School.
It is not known with whom Pietro Afesa studied. His surname derives from the province where he was born. He came to Naples where he occupied a creditable position among the excellent painters living in the city at that time. He was commissioned with the decoration of public buildings and is known particularly for his ...
Italian, 19th century, male.
Born 1777, in Cremona; died 1857.
Painter, watercolourist, decorative designer, illustrator. Portraits, landscapes with figures, landscapes. Murals, church decoration, theatre decoration.
Agostino Aglio trained in Milan at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. In 1803 he went to England to collaborate with William Wilkins, the architect, on a work concerning the antiquities of ancient Greece, which was published in ...
Italian, 19th century, male.
Born 1819, in Sutri, near Rome; died 1888, in Rome.
Painter, fresco artist, decorative designer. Religious subjects, mythological subjects.
Eugenio Agneni was a pupil of Franc Coghetti, under whose direction he found work in 1832. In 1847 Pope Pius IX entrusted him with the production of the paintings for the Throne Room of the Quirinal. In ...
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active in Bologna.
Died 1469.
Painter. Religious subjects, figures. Decorative schemes, banners.
Bolognese School.
Agostino di Marsiglio received important commissions in Siena for a period of ten years. In 1442 he executed the decorative paintings for the chapels of S Giovanni and S Crescenzia. He also produced banners, standards and a crucifix, and two figures for the altar of the Nuova chapel....
Russian, 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Born 18 February 1912, in Baku.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, engraver, decorative designer. Religious subjects, figures, nudes, scenes with figures, landscapes, seascapes, architectural views, still-lifes, animals. Designs for tapestries, designs for mosaics, murals, church decoration.
A self-taught artist of Armenian origin, George Akopian went to France in ...
Italian, 17th century, male.
Born 17 March 1578, in Bologna; died 4 October 1660, in Bologna.
Painter, fresco artist, decorative designer. Religious subjects, mythological subjects, landscapes with figures. Murals.
The son of a silk merchant, Albani resisted parental pressure to pursue a career in commerce. From a very early age, he took a strong interest in the arts and, at the age of 13, entered the workshop of the Flemish architect Denys Calvaert, where he met Guido Reni. Albani and Reni left Calvaert's workshop to study under the Caraccis, where they met Domenichino. Francesco Albani showed such rapid progress with the Carracci that he was soon working alongside them. Francesco was widowed in 1616; he re-married and fathered ten children who were reported to be so beautiful that he never lacked for models. Albani collaborated with Annibale Carracci to decorate the S Diego Chapel in the church of S Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome and to paint the frescoes in Monte Cavallo and the ceiling of a room in the Verospi Palace in Rome (which featured subjects taken from the writings of Ovid). His work on the Verospi Palace was highly acclaimed, so much so that he caught the attention of the duke of Mantua, who commissioned him to execute a series of murals for his palace; the works, based on episodes drawn from the legends of ...
Italian, 17th century, male.
Active in Bologna during the second half of the 17th century.
Born probably, in Rovigo; died probably after 1680.
Painter, fresco artist, decorative designer. Church decoration.
Mauro Aldrovandini built his considerable reputation on the strength of decorative work for theatres and private and public buildings in Bologna, Venice, Verona and (possibly) Vienna, where he worked alongside Francesco Ferrari. Like his nephew Tommaso, Mauro Aldovandini studied under Carlo Signani. Had it not been for his premature death, it is probable he would have become as famous as his nephew. Among his best-known work are the frescoes in the churches of Madonna di S Luca and S Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Bologna....
Italian, 18th century, male.
Active in Bologna.
Painter, fresco artist, decorative designer. Religious subjects.
This artist - who should not be mistaken for the father of Pompeo Aldrovandini - was responsible for a fresco on the altar of S Maria degli Angeli in Bologna.
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 24 March 1859, in Angers; died 1941, in Angers.
Painter, decorative artist, lithographer. Religious subjects, mythological subjects, genre scenes. Designs for stained glass.
He was a pupil of Ernest Hebert and Luc-Olivier Merson at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between ...
called Menichino del Brizio
Italian, 17th century, male.
Born c. 1600, in Bologna; died after 1678.
Painter, decorative designer, fresco artist, engraver. Religious subjects, architectural views, perspectives, landscapes. Church decoration.
Studied initially under Bernardino Baldi, then Calvaert, following whose death in 1619 Ambrogi spent years studying with Francesco Brizio (from whom he takes his sobriquet Menichino del Brizio). Ambrogi quickly made a reputation for himself as a painter of frescoes and oils, not least in his depiction of landscape, architecture and perspective. The Uffizi in Florence houses two of his religious landscapes; his Guardian Angel is on show at S Giacomo Maggiore, and his St Francis in a Radiance of Angels can be seen at the church of the Annunziata. Ambrogi painted frescoes for the Paleotti and Dentone palaces and also decorated several private houses and public monuments. His Coronation of the Virgin is on view at the church of S Maria della Vita. In ...
French, 17th century, male.
Active in Lyons, 1672-1690.
Sculptor. Religious subjects.
Benoît Amequin was a master sculptor and cabinetmaker. On 21 January 1673 he married Catherine Fourneau in the church of St-Nizier in Lyons; their son was baptised in that church on 11 February 1683...
Italian, 14th century, male.
Engraver, marquetry worker. Religious subjects. Religious furnishings.
From 1331 to 1335, Andrea di Martino da Siena worked on the choir stalls at Orvieto Cathedral with Giovanni Ammanati da Siena and under the direction of Niccolo di Nuto. A record survives there showing his signature and the sum he was paid....
Italian, 18th century, male.
Born c. 1709, in Venice; died 1798, in Venice.
Painter, draughtsman, decorative artist. Religious subjects, allegorical subjects, portraits, genre scenes.
Studied under Piazzetta and imitated the latter's style. Angeli produced a large number of decorative compositions but also painted genre and historical themes. He produced a number of altarpieces for churches and public monuments in Venice, Padua and Rovigo. His best work is perhaps that for the cupola of S Rocco in Venice....
Italian, 15th century, male.
Painter, marquetry worker. Religious subjects.
In 1489 and 1490, Angelo di Menicuccio da Iglianello collaborated with the painters Andrea Lombardo and Antonio di Bernardo Lombardo at Orvieto Cathedral. He painted a number of works, including a Pietà and was commissioned, with Antonio da Forlì, to paint a tabernacle and a crucifix....
Italian, 18th century, male.
Active in Rome between 1740 and 1788.
Painter, decorative designer. Perspectives. Church decoration.
With the help of his son Vincenzo, Giovanni Angeloni painted the ceiling of the gallery that leads from the church of St Peter's to the sacristy. He also produced some copies of Raphael loggias for Catherine the Great of Russia....
