Attavante degli Attavanti
Illustration — Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Vatican Library, around 1450. Attavante degli Attavanti (or Vante; 1452–1525) was an Italian painter. An imitator of Bartolomeo della Gatta, he was employed by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, for whom he executed a missal, now in the Royal Library at Brussels.
Also recorded as Attavante Attavanti · Attavantes di Bartolo · Vante di Gabriello di Vante Attavanti · Attavante di Gabriello di Vante di Francesco di Bartolo
Attavante degli Attavanti

Attavante degli Attavanti · The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection · CC0
- Born
- 1452 · Castelfiorentino.
- Died
- 1525 · Florence.
- Occupation
- illuminator · painter
- Fields
- Renaissance
- Known for
- Missal of Matthias Corvin · Missel de Thomas James - Attavante degli Attavanti · Bibbia di Federico da Montefeltro - BAV Urb.Lat.1&2
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Illustration — Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Vatican Library, around 1450. Attavante degli Attavanti (or Vante; 1452–1525) was an Italian painter. An imitator of Bartolomeo della Gatta, he was employed by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, for whom he executed a missal, now in the Royal Library at Brussels.
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There is another breviary by him in the National Library at Paris, executed in the manner of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Other missals in Florence and Rome are also ascribed to him. Attavante, who was a miniature painter of great merit, worked at Florence towards the close of the 15th century. His workshop also produced the Jerome's Bible - one of the finest bibles ever to be produced in the Italian renaissance, now in the Portuguese national archives, Torre do Tombo. An illuminated Book of Hours on vellum, attributed to Attavanti or to his "circle", was stolen from a London warehouse in January 2017, on its way to a book fair in the United States.
• Illustration — Book of Hours • Illustration — Circa 1470-80 • Illustration — Codex Heroica by Philostratus • Illustration — Page from a Gradual with an initial P and the Nativity, c.1500 • Illustration — Missal of Thomas James • Illustration — Leaf from Vita Zenobii Juliani da Girolamis, 1499 • Illustration — Crucifixion, circa 1483-1484
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1452
Attavante degli Attavanti born at Castelfiorentino.
1525
Attavante degli Attavanti died at Florence.
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Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 3: Missal of Matthias Corvin, Missel de Thomas James - Attavante degli Attavanti and Bibbia di Federico da Montefeltro - BAV Urb.Lat.1&2. His recorded genre is Renaissance.
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Nationalmuseum, Royal Library of Belgium, Torre do Tombo National Archive and MuMa Museum of modern art André Malraux
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