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Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) (1466 or 1467 – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci. Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personalities to emerge from Leonardo's studio.
Biography. Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio), though born into an aristocratic Milanese family in 1467, trained as a painter with Leonardo da Vinci, according to Vasari. And, in fact, Leonardo records in his studio in 1491 a "Gian Antonio" who has plausibly been identified with Boltraffio. The works that can be assigned to the artist ...
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) ( Milan 1466 or 1467 – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci. Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personalities to emerge from Leonardo's studio.
about 1467 - 1516. Boltraffio was the main pupil of Leonardo in Milan. He was first recorded in Leonardo's studio in 1491. Although some of his works are closely based on Leonardo's designs, like Luini, Boltraffio also developed in new ways ideas which originated with Leonardo.
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. Milan, ca. 1467-1516. Print page. A member of a Milanese aristocratic family, Boltraffio was independently wealthy and was able to devote himself to painting without economic restraints.
Artist: Follower of Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise) (Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio?) Date: 1490–1500 Medium: Silverpoint and leadpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pale blue-gray (indigo) prepared paper.
Narcissus at the Fountain is a 1500–1510 oil-on-panel painting by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, now in the Uffizi, in Florence.
