Bernardino Licinio facts for kids

Madonna with Child in Arms, Frari, Venice

Portrait of an architect with a self-portrait of Bernardo Licinio in the background (around 1520-1530), Martin von Wagner Museum

Bernardino Licinio. A wife with her husband's portrait. Around 1500. Bergamo, Italy

Bernardino Licinio (born around 1489 in Poscante – died around 1565) was an Italian Renaissance painter. He worked in Venice and the Lombardy region. He was known for painting many portraits and religious scenes.

About Bernardino Licinio

Bernardino Licinio was born around 1489 in Poscante, a town near Bergamo, Italy. He was the second of four sons. By 1511, he was already working as a painter, even though his father had passed away. Bernardino and his brother Arrigo moved to Venice. Many artists from Bergamo moved to Venice during that time.

We don't know the exact date Bernardino died. However, there are no records of him after 1550. So, people think he might have died around that time.

For a long time, people didn't know much about Bernardino's paintings. This was because a famous writer named Giorgio Vasari made a mistake. In his books, Vasari mixed up Bernardino Licinio with another painter named Il Pordenone. This made it hard to know which paintings were truly Bernardino's for over 300 years. In the early 1900s, an expert named Gustav Ludwig helped clear things up. He correctly identified Bernardino's works.

Famous Paintings

Bernardino Licinio created many beautiful artworks. Here are some of his well-known paintings:

• Holy Family with the Magdalene
• Man with a Skull
• Stefano Nani
• Lady Portrait (Beli Dvor, Belgrade)
• Ottaviano Grimani
• Madonna Enthroned with Saints (1535, Frari, Venice)
• Return of the Prodigal Son, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest
• The Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph and a Female Martyr, (1510–30, National Gallery, London)
• Portrait of Stefano Nani, (1528, National Gallery, London)
• A Sculptor in his Studio with Five of his Pupils, One Holding an Armless Statue of Venus, (Alnwick Castle, Northumberland)
• Madonna and Child with Saint Francis, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
• Portrait of a Lady, (Courtauld Gallery, London)
• Portrait of lady with red dress, Pavia Civic Museums
• Madonna with Child in Arms, Frari, Venice
• Franciscan Martyrs, Frari, Venice
• Presentation in the Temple, Museum Wiesbaden

See also

In Spanish: Bernardino Licinio para niños