Lorenzo Leonbruno

Lorenzo Leonbruno, Adoration of the Shepherds. Worcester Art Museum

Lorenzo Leonbruno (20 March 1480 – 1537) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his native Mantua.

By 1511, he is receiving a stipend from the duke Francesco IV Gonzaga. He was a pupil of the painter Lorenzo Costa. He painted a St Jerome found in the Ducal palace. In 1521, he briefly traveled to Rome. He also worked as an architect and engineer. Giulio Romano is said to have painted over much of his fresco work for the duke of Mantua.

References

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum, ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. p. 83.
• Coddè, Segretario dell Belle Arti in Mantova, Dottore Pasquale (1837). Aumentate e scritte Dottore Fisico, Luigi Coddè, ed. Memorie Biografiche, poste in forma di Dizionario die Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, ed Incisori Mantovani. Presso i Fratelli Negretti, Mantua; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on October 16, 2006. pp. 72–93.
• D'Arco, Carlo (1857). Delle arti e degli artefici di Mantova: notizie raccolte ed illustrate con Disegni e con Documenti (Volume I). pp. 64–65.