Pico Master
Owner Id2590
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1460 - 1505
Other InformationMiniaturist, active in Venice and in Ferrara between 1460 and 1505. According to Lilian Armstrong to him 'can be attributed an almost uninterrupted sequence of works dating from 1469 to 1495'. He is said the Pico Master after the most famous copy he worked on, that is a manuscript of the Pliny, Historia Naturalis written for the Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. (L. Armstrong, The Pico Master: A Venetian Miniaturist of the Late Quattrocento, in Studies of Renaissance Miniaturists in Venice, London 2003, I, pp. 233-338; B.Bentivoglio-Ravasio, entry in Dizionario biografico dei miniatori italiani, 2004, pp. 635-641) [A. Panzanelli].
Variant NamesMaestro del Plinio di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Maestro del Plinio di Pico
Maestro di Pico
Activity
Start (year)1460
End (year)1505
MARC Area Codee-it
Profession / Type of InstitutionArtist
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Activity
Start (year)1460
End (year)1505
MARC Area Codee-it
PlaceFerrara (Geonames Id: 3177090)
Profession / Type of InstitutionBooktrade
CharacterisationUnknown
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