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Bartolomeo di Giovanni
Adoration of the Child
Biography Bartolomeo di Giovanni
Bartolomeo di Giovanni di Domenico (1458?-1501) was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. His works were first identified by art historian Bernard Berenson, who, not knowing the painter's real name, called him "Alunno di Domenico" (meaning "pupil of Domenico Ghirlandaio"). This name was based on Berenson's observation that the painter executed the predella of Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi (1488) at the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence. Archival research later revealed that the painter's real name was Bartolomeo di Giovanni. Bartolomeo also collaborated with Sandro Botticelli.
Bartolomeo di Giovanni painted many narrative panels, including predella panels, cassone, and spalliera. He also painted altarpieces, such as the Madonna and Child with Four Saints (1498) for San Giovanni di Boldrone, Florence, now at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
The work
Adoration of the Child
Oil on panel, 89 x 67 cm
