Raffaellino del Colle

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Raffaellino del Colle (1490-1556) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in Borgo Sansepolcro (modern Tuscany).

Raffaellino worked under Giulio Romano in the Fresco of Constantine in the Vatican, and like most of Romano's studio, he exited the city after the 1527 Sack of Rome. In Città di Castello, near his birthplace, he did several altar-pieces for the principal churches, which are now mostly to be found in that town's Municipal Art Gallery. He worked for the service Duke Della Rovere in Urbino from 1539 to 1543. He also worked with Girolamo Genga. In Perugia he worked at the Rocca Paolina (1540).

[edit] References

• Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). “Painting in Italy, 1500-1600”, Pelican History of Art, 263-4.
• Chieli, Francesca (2005). “Città di Castello”, Itinerari d'Arte e di Storia. Elemond, 31-35.

[edit] External Links

• The life of Raffaellino del Colle.