Jacobello di Bonomo

Jacobello di Bonomo (active 1370–90) was an Italian painter, active in an early Renaissance style.^[1]

Coronation polyptich attributed to Bonomo, located in Czartoryski Museum, Poland

Little is known about his biography, and he appears to be referred to by various authors under different names, such as Jacobello or Jacometto del Fiore by the abbot Luigi Lanzi.^[2][3]

While he apparently trained in Venice, there are no identifiable works there. He is best known for a large and colorful polyptych of the Virgin and Child with 14 Saints (1385), located at Santarcangelo di Romagna.^[4] It is housed in the Civic Museum in the Palazzo Cenci of Santarcangelo. Some art critics suggest the influence of Lorenzo Veneziano. Other sources point to him working for or alongside Giovanni da Bologna.^[5]

References

1. The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, ISBN 0195395360 Colum Hourihane – 2012.
2. History of Painting in North Italy: Venice, Padua, Vicenza ..., Volume 1, by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, page 3.
3. The History of Painting in Italy from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts. by Luigi Lanzi, page 86.
4. Restoration of the Polyptych of La Madonna con il Bambino, la Crocifissione e quattordici santi.
5. Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Volume 61 (2004), entry curated by Alessandro Serafini.