In the history of art, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio as Italian painter (1467-1516).
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio was born at Milan in 1467.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter and draftsperson.
Among his best-known works are Virgin and Child with Sts John the Baptist and Sebastian and Narcissus at the Fountain. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio died in 1516, aged 49. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Virgin and Child with Sts John the Baptist and Sebastian
- Notable work: Narcissus at the Fountain
