Artist
active in northern Italy during the first decades of the sixteenth century origin and stage of training are difficult to build, the few biographical details known are those that have been inferred from the signatures, dates and inscriptions of his works. Is believed to have formed in the workshop of Giovanni Bellini and his first compositions, small paintings on religious themes, show strong influences of the work of the Venetian master and his followers. Some examples of this first period are the Madonna and Child of 1502 (private collection, Venice), and The Virgin and Child 1505 (Bergamo, Accademia Cararra)
Bartolomeo worked between 1505 and 1508 at the Este court in Ferrara During this period his painting became more decorative, and began to specialize in portraits. Padua in 1512 but was able to visit in 1520 was already established in Milan city where he enjoyed great fame and where he received many important commissions. His best known works are half-length portraits of young men, dressed in rich and sumptuous clothes to fashion, as found in the National Gallery in Washington in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; compositions characterized by the thoroughness and detail with which they are painted fabrics and other decorative details of the garments. In the Portrait of Ludovico Martinengo (London, National Gallery), 1530, is seen as the work of Bartolomeo acquired in recent years a greater sense of volume, depth and movement, probably influenced by Titian. Never lost, no But his interest in materials processed, or their preference for dark red. The documents, which confirm his death in Turin in 1531, also suggests it may have resided in this city years before his death.
Bartolomeo worked between 1505 and 1508 at the Este court in Ferrara During this period his painting became more decorative, and began to specialize in portraits. Padua in 1512 but was able to visit in 1520 was already established in Milan city where he enjoyed great fame and where he received many important commissions. His best known works are half-length portraits of young men, dressed in rich and sumptuous clothes to fashion, as found at the National Gallery in Washington in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; compositions distinguished by the thoroughness and detail with which they are painted fabrics and other decorative details of the garments. In the Portrait of Ludovico Martinengo (London, National Gallery), 1530, is seen as the work of Bartolomeo acquired in recent years a greater sense of volume, depth and movement, probably influenced by Titian never lost, however, interest in the materials developed, or their preference for dark red. The documents, which confirm his death in Turin in 1531, also suggests it may have resided in this city years before his death. ****
Bartolommeo Veneto (n. Venice?, Active between 1502 and 1555) was an Italian painter. Author Bio little known and ignored for a long time, attracted the attention of historians in the nineteenth century. ? ? Supposed portrait of Lucrezia Borgia painted by Bartolommeo Veneto. Städel Institute of Frankfurt. He was a pupil of Gentile Bellini in Venice and studied the developments of Durer, who lived in the city to 1506. He worked at the court of Ferrara and elsewhere. Absorbed, therefore, the influence of Lombard painters. Recently it has been suggested that collaborated with Raphael Veneto in the wall of The Mass of Bolsena, the breaks Vatican (Raphael's Rooms). Among his most important works, stands the portrait of man with sword of the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome (Palazzo Barberini), once attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein the Younger. Figures of the gentleman and the soldier visible in the landscape are copied from an engraving by Durer, 1496. Another portrait of a man preserved in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, and especially relevant is Supposed portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, Städel Institute of Frankfurt, not only for his alleged identity but also for its bold nude and artistic refinement. ************
