Niccolò Alunno
Nicolò Pupil (as Niccolò di Liberatore born and known as L' Alunno, * ca 1430 in Foligno, † ca 1502 ibid ) was an Italian painter.
Life
He was born around 1430 in Foligno under the name Niccolò di Liberatore di Giacomo di Mariano son of a specialization ( pharmacist). The different names comes from Giorgio Vasari, who interpreted the inscription of the Polyptych of San Nicolò work in Foligno wrong. From the inscription alumnus Fulginie ( citizens of Foligno ) he concluded the name Alunno from Foligno. His craft he learned probably at Bartolomeo di Tommaso, later he formed with Benozzo Gozzoli on. In 1452 he married Catherine, daughter of the painter Pietro di Giovanni " Mazzaforte " from Foligno, with the Alunno also designed works. The first known work of the artist was born in 1457 in Deruta named Madonna con Gesù Bambino tra angeli e santi. He died in 1502 in Foligno, leaving at least one son, Lattanzio, who was also a painter. He is one of the few Umbrian artists next to the Perugino and Pinturicchio the mentioned in Giorgio Vasari's Vite.
Works (selection)
- Alviano, Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta, also Chiesa dei SS Pietro e Paolo called: Assunzione Madonna
- Assisi, Museo di San Rufino diocesano e cripta: Polyptych of San Rufino ( 1462 arose, paintings on wood)
- Assisi, Pinacoteca civica: Gonfalon della confraternita di Santa Maria del Bishop's ( 1462 arose, canvas painting )
- Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais: Angelo Enunciating, Maria Vergine Annunciata
- Ascensione di Cristo
- Nativity of the Gesù
- San Nicola di Bari, San Paolo
- Sant'Antonio Abate, San Vittore
- Giacobbe, Mosè e Giuseppe
- Angelo, Daniele e Abramo
- Crocifissione di Cristo
- Maria Vergine Annunciata
- Volto di Santa Maria Maria Maddalena
- Frescoes in the Cappella di Santa Marta ( 1458 arose )
- Polyptych of San Nicolò (1492 arose, paintings on wood)
- Incoronazione di Maria Vergine con sant'Antonio abate e san Bernardino da Siena ( 1495 emerged, painting on wood )