Giovanni da Oriolo

Last updated April 04, 2019

Giovanni da Oriolo (active 1439; died by 1474) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active in Northern Italy, including Faenza.^[1]

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km² (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.

The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1400 to 1499 are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento from the Italian for the number 400, in turn from millequattrocento, which is Italian for the year 1400. The Quattrocento encompasses the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages, the early Renaissance, and the start of the High Renaissance, generally asserted to begin between 1495 and 1500.

Faenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 kilometres southeast of Bologna.

Only one confirmed painting by the artist is known: the profile portrait of Leonello d'Este, painted c. 1447, and now in the National Gallery of Art in London.

Leonello d'Este was Marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450. Despite the presence of legitimate children, Leonello was favoured by his father as his successor. In addition, his virtuous qualities, high level of education, and popularity among the common people as well as his formal papal recognition ultimately made him the most suitable heir.

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

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References

↑ The New Century Italian Renaissance encyclopaedia, Catherine B. Avery, 1972. p. 366

External links

- the National Gallery's article on the painter.

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[1] The New Century Italian Renaissance encyclopaedia, Catherine B. Avery, 1972. p. 366