Benedetto Bonfigli


The Adoration of the Kings, and Christ on the Cross, Benedetto Bonfigli, National Gallery, London
Adoration of the Child, Benedetto Bonfigli, Berenson foundation Settignano, Florence  

Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420 – 8 July 1496) was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Perugia, and part of the Umbria school of painters including Raphael and Perugino.[1] He is also known as Buonfiglio. Influenced by the style of Domenico Veneziano, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Fra Angelico, Bonfigli primarily painted frescos for the church and was at one point employed in the Vatican. His best-preserved work is the Annunciation, but his masterpiece is the decoration of the chapel of the Palazzo dei Priori. Bonfigli specialized in gonfaloni, a Perugian style using banners painted on canvas or linen.[2] Little is known of his personal life, but he was an esteemed painter in Perugia before Perugino, who is said to be his pupil.[3]

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  3. ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. Covent Garden, London. pp. 154–155.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)