Bernardino Mezzastris

Bernardino (or Belardino) Mezzastris (or Mezastris) (fl. 1st half of the 16th century), Italian painter of the Umbrian school, probably from Foligno in Umbria. He was a minor artist: some of his frescoes on religious subjects survive, but garner little critical acclaim. He should not be confused with the much more important Pier Antonio Mezzastris, who was likely a relative, possibly his father.

Works by Bernardino Mezzastris include:

• Madonna and Child with angels in a rose garden, in the church of S. Illuminata of Montefalco, signed and dated 1507
• Fresco in the Chiesa Tonda of Spello, signed and dated 1533
• detached frescoes now in the Pinacoteca Civica of Foligno.

References

• Raimond van Marle, The development of the Italian schools of painting, Volume 14, Hacker Art Books, 1970, p. 86.