Bernardino de' Conti

Beatrice d'Este, The Duchess of Milan (fragment), c. 1500

Bernardino de' Conti, an Italian painter mainly of portraits and to a lesser extent, religious compositions.

He is said to have been born at Pavia in the latter part of the 15th century as the son of an obscure painter. He died in 1525. He was a follower of Zenale, but little is known of his life or works. The following paintings, however, are preserved:

Portrait of a man, now in the Uffizi in Florence

• Bergamo. Lochis-Carrara Gallery. Madonna and Child (signed). 1501.
• Berlin. Gallery. Profile of a Prelate. 1499.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "DEI CONTI, Bernardino". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]

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