Fra Carnevale

Portrait in profile, 1470 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
The Ideal City attributed to Carnevale, in the collection of the Walters Art Museum

Fra Carnevale OP (c. 1420–25 – 1484) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active mainly in Urbino. Widely regarded as one of the most enigmatic artists, there are only nine works that can be definitively attributed to Carnevale known of today.[1] Most of these have even been contested as authentic to Carnevale at various points in history.

He is cited by a number of names including Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini, Bartolomeo Coradini, and Fra' Carnevale.

  1. ^ "Still enigmatic; Fra Carnevale." The Economist, 11 Dec. 2004, p. 82(US). Expanded Academic ASAP, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=EAIM&sw=w&u=duke_perkins&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA129366909&it=r&asid=e542c7ad89fc2f97193c81efaa1daf53. Accessed 23 Feb. 2017