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Zanetto Bugatto (1493 in Milan – ~1476 in Pavia or Milan), also known as Zanetto Bugatti, was one of the most well-documented court portraitists of the 1400s. A key painter of the Lombardy region, Bugatto worked for 15 years for the first two Sforza Dukes of Milan, particularly Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza and his Duchess Bona of Savoy. His work was influenced by northern artists such as Rogier van der Weyden, Andrea Mantegna, and Jean Fouquet, all of whom he met during his travels. Bugatto's work was described by Galeazzo's ambassador Leonardo Botta as being similar to Sicilian painter Antonello da Messina.[1][2] It is not clear whether Bugatto painted works other than portraits which he typically made on panel and in fresco. He is notable for being one of the first Italian artists, along with Antonello da Messina, to focus on portraiture in the Netherlandish style to such an exclusive extent.[3][4][2][1][5]
Bugatto is credited with establishing the official likenesses of Galeazzo Sforza and his wife Bona of Savoy through several portraits, medals, and coins. Though he has no surviving signed or directly accredited works, the unusual level of documentation from Bugatto's commissions with the Sforza has allowed art historians to attribute to Bugatto the ducal Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza in the Castello Sforzesco (pictured at right). There is some debate over whether the 1467 ducat coins of Galeazzo Maria Sforza may also be Bugatto's work.[1][2][6] Several other surviving works are argued to be either direct copies or heavily influenced by Bugatto's works.[2] No surviving portraits or images of Zanetto Bugatto himself are known to exist.
- ^ a b c Welch, E.S (2010). "Bugatto, Zanetto". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press – via Oxford Art Online.
- ^ a b c d Syson, Luke (1996). "Zanetto Bugatto, Court Portraitist in Sforza Milan". The Burlington Magazine. 138 (1118). Burlington Magazines Publications Ltd.: 300–308. JSTOR 886901.
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1886). Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. 1:A-K. London. pp. 193–194.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gilbert, Creighton E. (1998). "The Two Italian Pupils of Rogier van der Weyden: Angelo Macagnino and Zanetto Bugatto". Arte Lombarda. cxxii: 15–17 – via LombardiaBeniCulturali.
- ^ Campbell, Lorne. "Rogier van der Weyden and his Workshop" Aspects of Art Lecture. Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), Edinburgh. 13 May 1993. Lecture.
- ^ Cavalieri, Federico (1996-01-01). "Zanetto Bugatto and the Ducal Altar-Piece in Milan Cathedral". The Burlington Magazine. 138 (1124): 754. JSTOR 887216.