Pietro degli Ingannati
Pietro degli Ingannati, also Pellegrino di Giovanni di Antonio, (active 1529-1548) was an Italian painter active in a Renaissance style. His exact dates of birth and death are not known.
Ingannati was probably born in Veneto. He was formerly confused with Francesco Bissolo, whose work is very close in style. He trained in the studio of Alvise Vivarini. His early works show the influence of Giovanni Bellini, especially in the composition, although his art is closer to artists like Lazzaro Bastiani, Marco Basaiti or Benedetto Diana. Later, his style will be more strongly Bellini, approaching the way of painting by Vincenzo Catena and superficial influence of innovations introduced by Giorgione.
Ingannati adapted the theme of the Sacra Conversazione so typical of Venetian painting, including repeating patterns, especially in the figures. This type of motif was popularized by Titian. However, artists like Ingannati or Rocco Marconi continued attached to an archaic style that copied the essence but not the innovations of the most advanced Venetian masters as Francesco Vecellio or Palma Vecchio, without losing the taste for the classic color of the Venetian school.
A painting by Ingannati is displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
References
- The Grove Dictionary of Art, MacMillan Publishers (2000)
- Joseph Freedberg Sydney (1978). Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Editorial Chair, Madrid. ISBN 84-376-0153-3
- Irina Artemieva and Mario Guderzo, veneto Cinquecento. Pintures de l'Ermitage. Ed Skira / Mnac. (2001)
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, catalog (2004), ISBN 84-96233-15-4, Pages 94-97.
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