Biagio d'Antonio

Biagio d'Antonio, Madonna Worshipping the Child and an Angel (c. 1475). (São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo).

Biagio d’Antonio, also Biagio Tucci (Florence, 1446–1 June 1516), was an Italian Renaissance painter whose style was influenced by Fra Filippo Lippi, Andrea Verrocchio and Ghirlandaio. For much of the last quarter of the fifteenth century Biagio was active in Faenza, but his style continued to reflect Florentine innovations. His paintings also demonstrate influences—particularly in the decorative elements—from early Netherlandish painting.

The painter sometimes collaborated with other artists. In 1481–2, he assisted Cosimo Rosselli on frescos in the Sistine Chapel, including the Last Supper and probably the Crossing of the Red Sea. He helped Pietro Perugino in painting in the Palazzo della Signoria. He also frequently painted cassone panels.

[edit] Selected Works

Madonna and Child, Angels and Saints Dominic, Andrew, John the Evangelist and Thomas Aquinas. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.[1]
Madonna and Child, Two Angels and Saints John the Evangelist and Anthony of Padua. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.[2]
St. Peter. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.[3]
Annunciation. Pinacoteca Comunale, Faenza.[4]
Portrait of a Boy, c. 1476–1480. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[5]
Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1470. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[6]
The Triumph of Camillus, c. 1470/1475. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[7]
Madonna Worshipping the Child and an Angel, c. 1475. São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo.

Roberta Bartoli, "Biagio d’Antonio (Tucci)," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [November 3, 2007].

Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 590.