Bartolommeo, Fra

Bartolommeo, Fra

 orig. Baccio della Porta

God the Father with SS. Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalene, …

(credit: Scala/Art Resource, New York)

(born March 28, 1472, Florence—died Oct. 31, 1517, Florence) Italian painter active in Florence. His early works, such as the Annunciation (1497) in Volterra Cathedral, were influenced by Perugino and Leonardo da Vinci. In 1500 he joined the Dominican order. He painted religious subjects, primarily the Madonna and Child in various settings, with monumental figures grouped in balanced compositions. He became a prominent exponent of the High Renaissance style and was the leading painter in Florence, rivaled only by Andrea del Sarto.