Michele Coltellini

Michele Coltellini (1480–1542) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Ferrara.

Death of the Virgin, 1502, now at Pinacoteca Nazionale (Bologna).

Virgin and Child with St Stefan

Biography

He was a follower of Panetti and Garofalo, who lived in the 16th century. He is the author of a 'Dead Christ on the lap of the Virgin' in the Dresden Gallery, formerly assigned to Squarcione. His oldest panel is dated 1502, and represents the Death of the Virgin: it is now in the possession of Count Mazza, at Ferrara. In the church of Sant'Andrea, in the same city, is a Virgin and Child between SS Michael, Catharine, John, and Jerome, signed and dated 1506. The Gallery of Ferrara has a Madonna and Child and Saints, signed by him in 1542. The dates of his birth and death are uncertain.

References

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Coltellini, Michaele". In Graves, Robert Edmund. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• Works by Michele Coltellini at Census of Ferrarese Paintings and Drawings