Bramantino Noli me tangere ca. 1490-95 oil on canvas Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milan |
Bramantino Standing Christ with the Cross before 1530 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Bramantino The Lamentation ca. 1512-15 oil on panel National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest |
Bramantino Study for The Entombment before 1530 drawing Musée du Louvre |
Bramantino Adoration of the Magi (detail) ca. 1500 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Bramantino Adoration of the Magi (detail) ca. 1500 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Bramantino Adoration of the Magi ca. 1500 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Bramantino Virgin and Child ca. 1515-20 oil on panel Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |
Bramantino Kneeling Figure ca. 1490 drawing (drapery study) Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin |
Bramantino The Nativity ca. 1490-92 oil on panel Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan |
Bramantino Virgin and Child 1508 oil on panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Bramantino Madonna of the Towers ca. 1520 oil on panel Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan |
Bramantino The Flight into Egypt ca. 1515-20 oil on panel Santuario della Madonna del Sasso, Orselina, Switzerland |
Bramantino The Crucifixion ca. 1520 oil on canvas Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |
Bramantino Story of Baucis and Philemon ca. 1490-95 oil on panel Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne |
"The artist's real name was Bartolomeo Suardi. The name Bramantino suggests he was associated with the architect Bramante, but the nature of this relationship is not known. Bramantino was active in Milan, and recorded in Rome in 1508. In 1525 he was appointed painter and architect to Francesco Sforza II, ruler of Milan. Leonardo da Vinci overwhelmingly influenced many local painters in Milan, but it appears that Bramantino was not one of them. Stylistically his works continue to tradition of pre-Leonardesque Milanese painting of Butinone and Foppa. Bramantino's work also shows influences from further afield, notably that of Piero della Francesca and of Mantegna."
– from curator's notes at the National Gallery, London